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Jodrell Bank Telescope

1864-1945, optician; telescope pioneer, American

Ritchey, George Willis

1864 - 1945
1841-1903, astronomer; astronomical photographer, English; British

Common, Andrew Anslie

1841 - 1903
active 1960s-current (2010), astronomical observatory, Apache Point, New Mexico, United States

Apache Point Observatory

d. 1900, amateur astronomer?, British

Cross, Canon

Unknown - 1900
active 1774-1835?, telescope maker; scientific instrument maker, active London, British

Watson, James

1868-1938, astronomer, American

Hale, George Ellery

1868 - 1938
1805-1887, diplomat; amateur astronomer, English; British

Lettsom, William Garrow

1805 - 1887
1882-1967, astronomer, American

Duncan, John C.

1882 - 1967
1620-1689, active in 1673 as an instrument (telescope) maker, French

Borel, Pierre

1620 - 1689
active 1923, maker of telescope replica, Italy

Cipriani, Galgano

active 1868-1896, optical instrument maker (telescope), London & York, England

T. Cooke & Sons

1920-2005, telescope designers and makers, Ealing, London, England, British

H N Irving and Son

Parsons, William

Parsons, William

1800 - 1867
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William

1792 - 1871
1830-1883, optical instrument maker (photography), Germany

Dallmeyer, John Henry

1830 - 1883
active 1800-1880, optician & telescope maker, Ghent, Belgium

F. E. De Caesemaeker

1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

Gregory, James

1638 - 1675
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Euler, Leonhard

1707 - 1783
active 1920s -1960s telescope maker, retailer, London, England.

Broadhurst, Clarkson and Company Limited

active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
active 1851, opticians, optical instrument retailer, London & Sheffield, England

J. P. Cutts & Sons

Fecker (J.W.) Company Limited

Fecker (J.W.) Company Limited

active 1791-1816, globe seller, optician, nautical instrument & telescope maker, London, England

John and William Cary

1791 - 1816
active 1940/50s-1988, optical instrument maker (telescopes etc.), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons & Company Limited

1954-current (2011), manufactucturer and supplier of optical equipment, Florida

Tasco

active 1802-1901, optician, mathematical instrument , globe & telescope maker, London, England

Thomas Harris & Son

active 1677, inventor of a type of microscope; Capuchin monk, physicist, French

D'Orleans, Cherubin

1800-1878, engineer; optician; telescope builder; machinist, British; Irish

Grubb, Thomas

1800 - 1878
1915-2000, telescope designer/ maker, and restorer, Roehampton, London

Irving, Ronald Nicholas

1915
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
3rd Earl of Rosse, 1800-1867, astronomer, British

Parsons, William

1800 - 1867
active 1862-1960s, machine tool and measuring instrument maker, Geneva, Switzerland

Societe Genevoise d'instruments de physique

active 1705-1743, optician; spectacle maker, English; British

Scarlett, Edward

Unknown - 1743
H.N. Irving & Son

H.N. Irving & Son

Hale, George Ellery

Hale, George Ellery

1868 - 1938
1744-1824, physician; naturalist, British; English

Watson, Sir William

1744 - 1825
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Newton, Sir Isaac

1642 - 1727
active 1822-1841, optician, mathematical, philosophical & telescope maker, Sheffield/London, England

Cutts, John Preston

active 1900-1920s, telescope maker, retailer, London England

Broadhurst, Clarkson and Company

Irving, Ronald Nicholas

Irving, Ronald Nicholas

1915 - 2005
active 1925-1940/50s, optical instrument maker (telescopes etc.), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Company

1801-1870, optical instrument maker (microscope & telescope), German

Steinheil, Carl August

1801 - 1870
1949-current (2011), astronomy observatory, Mount Palomar, California, USA, American

Palomar Observatory

Bridges-Lee, John

Bridges-Lee, John

1867 - 1917
Irving, Horace N

Irving, Horace N

1877 - 1942
1781-1873, instrument maker; artist; optical inventor, English; British

Varley, Cornelius

1781 - 1873
Smyth, William Henry

Smyth, William Henry

1788 - 1865