Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

male, deceased (1892)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly C.H. Spurgeon, (June 19, 1834 - January 31, 1892) was a British Reformed Baptist preacher who remains highly... More
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James Busby

James Busby

male, deceased (1871)
James Busby (7 February 1801 - 15 July 1871) was involved in the drafting of the Treaty of Waitangi and is widely regarded as the "father" of the... More
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Henry Bessemer

Henry Bessemer

male, deceased (1898)
Sir Henry Bessemer (January 19, 1813 - March 15, 1898), English engineer and inventor, was born at Charlton near Hitchin in Hertfordshire.... More
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Gideon Mantell

Gideon Mantell

male, deceased (1852)
Gideon Algernon Mantell (February 3, 1790 - November 10 1852) was an English obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist. He is credited with... More
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Alexander Muirhead

Alexander Muirhead

male, deceased (1920)
Alexander Muirhead, FRS, (1848-1920) Born Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland was an electrical engineer specialising in wireless telegraphy. He... More
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Henry George Bohn

Henry George Bohn

male, deceased (1884)
Henry George Bohn (January 4, 1796 - August 22, 1884) was a British publisher. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had... More
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Robert Moffat

Robert Moffat

male, deceased (1883)
Robert Moffat (born December 21, 1795 in Ormiston, Haddingtonshire; died August 9, 1883 in Leigh near Tunbridge Wells) was a Scottish... More
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Joseph Barnby

Joseph Barnby

male, deceased (1896)
Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896), English musical composer and conductor, son of Thomas Barnby, an organist, was born at York on the 12 August 1838.... More
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James Henry Greathead

James Henry Greathead

male, deceased (1896)
James Henry Greathead (6 August 1844 - 21 October1896) was an engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground. Born in Grahamstown, South... More
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Henry Doulton

Henry Doulton

male, deceased (1897)
Sir Henry Doulton (born July 25, 1820 in Vauxhall, England; died November 18, 1897 in London) was an English inventor and manufacturer of pottery.... More
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