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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895
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
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1882-1960, plastic surgeon, lecturer, Dunedin, New Zealander

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888
1878-1929, electrical engineer; cryptologist, German

Scherbius, Arthur

1878 - 1929
1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
Muybridge, Florado Helios

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1868-1999, medallists; die-sinkers; mint; jewellers, Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999
b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926
1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879
active 1870s -1950s, herbalist; supplier and manufacturer of materia medica, London, England

Potter and Clarke Limited

1875
1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1888-current (2010), medical & scientific instrument manufacturer/ supplier, London, British

G H Zeal Limited

1888
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
active 1879-1986, pharmacist and surgical instrument makers, English

Brady and Martin Limited

1886 - 1986
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
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
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
1874-current (2010) travel logistics agency, night sleeper train company, Belgium

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

1874
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1884-, manufacturer of cash registers & business machines, Dayton, Ohio, United States, American

NCR Corporation

1884
Turner, Edward Raymond

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1877-1945, physicist, British

Aston, Francis William

1877 - 1945
active 1863 -1952, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; manufacturer of dyestuffs, German

Farbwerke vorm Meister Lucius und Brüning

1880 - 1952
1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952