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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1891-1974, nuclear physicist, British; English

Chadwick, Sir James

1891 - 1974
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1889-1908, manufacturer of chronoscopes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Peyer and Favarger and Company

1889 - 1908
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1920-1982, manufacturer of radio, television, military and scientific equipment, Slough, England

McMichael Limited

1920 - 1982
1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
active 1924-1948?, manufacturer of buttons, Manchester

Briggs Jones and Gibson (1924) Limited

1924
1891-2006 , railway works, Eastleigh

Eastleigh Works

1891
1900-1931, bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer, English; British

Humber Limited

1887 - 1931
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1918-1985, artist; cartoonist; illustrator, English; British

Hampson, Frank

1918 - 1985
1925-1988, electronic component manufacturer, England

Mullard Limited

1925 - 1988
1877-1958, aircraft designer; manufacturer, England, British

Roe, Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon-

1877 - 1958
1824-1914, science writer; aeronaut, French

Fonvielle, Wilfrid de

1824 - 1914
photographer; 1922-2009; Germany; USA

Hofer, Evelyn

1922 - 2009
1785-1851, artist; naturalist; ornithologist, American

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851
c. 1828-1889?, apprenticed 1844 to Brumby & Middleton, merchants & factors of Sheffield, British

Sawyer, John Robert Mather

1828 - 1889
1870-1955, wildlife photographer and artist, Ireland

Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe

1870 - 1955
1916-1998, photographer, British

Hinde, John

1916 - 1998
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1890-1948, railway company, Indian; India

Morvi Railway

1890 - 1948
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1913-1936, aeroplane propeller design and manufacture, Weybridge, England, British

Lang Propeller Company Limited

1913 - 1936
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
1865-1935, physicist, French

Féry, Charles

1865 - 1935
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867