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1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955

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

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

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

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

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995

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

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960

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

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

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

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

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

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935

American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966

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

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

1886-1939, miner; artist, British

Daykin, Gilbert

1886 - 1939

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

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

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

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969

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

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866

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

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999

active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959

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

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999

1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952

1871-1940, naturalist, photographer and documentary film maker, British

Kearton, Cherry

1871 - 1940

active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971

1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968

1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960

1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987

1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926

1866-1912, explorer, photographer, American

Vaniman, Chester Melvin

1866 - 1912

active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968

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

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957

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

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946

1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879

1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892

1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926

1888-current (2010), medical & scientific instrument manufacturer/ supplier, London, British

G H Zeal Limited

1888

1856-1939, psychoanalyst, Austro-Hungarian

Freud, Sigmund

1856 - 1939

1865-2002, communications technology and electrical design/ manufacture, British

Siemens Brothers and Company Limited

1865 - 2002

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

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888

1854-1915, scientist (hematology, immunology and chemotherapy), German

Ehrlich, Paul

1854 - 1915

active 1888-1930s, printer, Harrow; London

David Allen and Sons Limited

1888 - 1939

1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965

1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941

1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933

1854-current (2020), meteorological (weather) forecasting; government department, England, British

Meteorological Office

1854

active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903

The Hydraulic Engineering Company

1874 - 1984

1854-1939, inventor of duplicating machinery and industrialist, Hungarian

Gestetner, David

1854 - 1939

Ward & Goldstone Ltd

1892

1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999