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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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....