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Rogers, Gordon Leonard

Rogers, Gordon Leonard

1916 - 2006
1856-1953, railway administrator, British; English

Fay, Sir Samuel

1856 - 1953
1863-1922, designer of Antoinette aeroplanes and engines, French

Levavasseur, Leon

1863 - 1922
1856-1987, manufacturing engineer, Leeds

Greenwood and Batley Limited

1856 - 1987
1876-1972, chronophotographer, inventor, Irish born; British; French

Bull, Lucien

1876 - 1972
1878-1971, artist; marine painter; poster artist; etcher, English; British

Wilkinson, Norman

1878 - 1971
Ellis, Ainslie

Ellis, Ainslie

1920 - 1997
1910-1936, manufacturer of ball bearings, Luton, England

Skefco Ball Bearing Company

1910 - 1936
1943-1948, manufacturer of aircraft and ballpoint pens, Reading, England

Miles Aircraft Co

1943 - 1948
1897-1976, physician; surgeon, Irish

Dickson Wright, Arthur

1897 - 1976
1903-1987, scientist, Canberra, Australia

McGee, James Dwyer

1903 - 1987
1858-1915, physician; bacteriologist; professor, French

Thoinot, Léon Henri

1858 - 1915
1893-1968 , manufacturers of glass products, Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

Jackson Bros (of Knottingley) Limited

1893 - 1968
1875-1976, manufacturer, Tunstall, British

Alfred Meakin

1875 - 1976
1929-1934, manufacturer, Saltley

Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage, Wagon & Finance Company Ltd.

1929 - 1934
1897-1948, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Ross Limited

1897 - 1948
Cantlie, Kenneth

Cantlie, Kenneth

1899 - 1986
Hackworth Young, Reginald

Hackworth Young, Reginald

1905 - 1977
1897-1989, manufacturer of scientific glassware and X-ray tubes, United States

Machlett Laboratories Inc

1897
b. 1915, active 1940s-1980s, artist; poster artist; illustrator, British

Mortelmans, Edward

1915
1979-current (2015), special and visual effects company, England

Jim Henson's Creature Workshop

1979
1962-1969, cocoa and chocolate manufacturers, Birmingham, England, Britain

Cadbury Limited

1962
1895-1950s, manufacturer of weighing instruments and balances, Ilford, England

William A Webb Limited

1895
1894-, aluminium producer, Scotland

British Aluminium Company Limited

1894
1883-present, audio equipment manufacturer, Gienbach, Switzerland

Thorens AG

1883
b. 1884, active ca. 1910-1936, poster artist, British

Black, Montague Birrell

1884
1915-?, engineering group, British

Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers

1915
1946-c1962, camera manufacturer, Croydon

Agilux Limited

1946
1943-current (2012), artist, Japan, Japanese

Kumai, Kyoko

1943
1915 – current [2020] Condom brand, British, Britain

Durex

1915
about 1923-active, railway company, Zambia

Mulobezi Railway

1923
1895-1990s, poster printer; printer, London; St Albans, Hertfordshire

Dangerfield Printing Company Limited

1895
active 1869-current (2019), medical and laboratory equipment manufacturer, London, England, British

Hawksley and Sons Limited

1869
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

1907
1995- (current 2016), manufacturer of die-cast toy vehicles, Leicester, England

Corgi Classics Limited

1995
born 1981, artist, French, France and UK

Squinazi, Guillaume

1981
active 1912-1950s, printer; lithographer, London

J Weiner Limited

1912
active from 1919-?, manufacturer of chiropodic and electro-therapeutic equipment, London, England

Hinders Limited

1919
1857-1950s?, manufacturing chemists, London, England

Alfred Bishop Limited

1857
1879-present, locomomotive manufacturer, Loughborough, England

Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited

1879
1896-present, transport service, Glasgow

Glasgow Underground

1896
1931-active 2009, camera manufacturer, German

Kodak AG

1931
1922-present, health plan providers, British

Hospital Savings Association

1922
1902-1979, cartoonist; illustrator, Welsh; British

Illingworth, Leslie Gilbert

1902 - 1979
1916-2004, physicist; molecular biologist; neuroscientist, British

Crick, Francis

1916 - 2004
1874-1922, Antarctic explorer, British

Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry

1874 - 1922
1947-1996, surgical orthopaedic applicance manufacturer, English

Howmedica (U-K) Limited

1947 - 1996
H W Kearns & Co Ltd

H W Kearns & Co Ltd

1907 - 1973
1913-1929, manufacturer of cine cameras, Chicago, United States

The DeVry Corporation

1913 - 1929
1895-1981, professor of physiology, English; British

Liddell, E.G.T., Prof.

1895 - 1981