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1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910

1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955

1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966

1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995

1845-1923, physicist; discoverer of X-rays, German

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

1845 - 1923

active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935

1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

1882-1960, plastic surgeon, lecturer, Dunedin, New Zealander

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960

active 1859-1995, hospital, Brighton

St Francis Hospital

1859 - 1995

1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895

c1907 - present (2010), safety lamp manufacturer, Aberdare

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860

1898-1968, experimental pathologist; bacteriologist, Australian

Florey, Baron Florey, Howard Walter

1898 - 1968

1899-present, manufacturers, London

C. C. Wakefield and Company Limited

1899

1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947

1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946

1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

1871- active 1938, travel agents, London

Dean and Dawson Limited

1871

Whitcombe, Harold Arthur

1883 - 1943

1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960

active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971

1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903

1897-2006?, researcher; manufacturer of electronic communication equipment, United Kingdom

Marconi Company Limited

1897 - 2006

1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890

active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012

active 1888-1930s, printer, Harrow; London

David Allen and Sons Limited

1888 - 1939

1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932

active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999

active 1890s-1954, x-ray and electro-mechanical apparatus manufacturer, Croydon, Surrey, England; and Holborn, London, England, British

A E Dean and Company Limited

1890 - 1954

1868-1999, medallists; die-sinkers; mint; jewellers, Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999

1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888

b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866

1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941

1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895

Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

1864 - 1930

1839-1913, optical, mathematical & electrical instrument maker, British

Apps, Alfred

1839 - 1913

1875-1963, poster artist; decorator; watercolourist; artist; architectural painter, British

Taylor, Fred

1875 - 1963

1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957

1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944

1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926