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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

1901-1940, medical instrument manufacturer, London, England

S Maw Son & Sons Limited

1901 - 1940

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

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

first patient to receive insulin injections

Thompson, Leonard

1908 - 1935

active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921

1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

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

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960

1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

active 1859-1995, hospital, Brighton

St Francis Hospital

1859 - 1995

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1988

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

1901-1951, optical, lens, camera and cinematographic equipment manufacturer, Birmingham

Aldis Brothers

1901 - 1951

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

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946

1901-1987, electrical & electronic engineering equipment manufacturer, England, British

Ferranti Limited

1901 - 1987

1919-1995, multimedia publisher, educational film makers, Chicago

Society for Visual Education Inc.

1919 - 1995

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

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986

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

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

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012

(1839)1919-1972, photographic retailer; pharmacist, London, England

Wallace Heaton Limited

1919 - 1972

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

1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907

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