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Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981

Morpurgo, Jack Eric

1918 - 2000
1930-present (2010), manufacturer food, beverages, cleaning and personal care products, England

Unilever PLC

1930

Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell (1828-1903) 1st Baronet Businessman and MP

1828 - 1903

Gandolfi, Frederick Louis

1903 - 1990
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1969-2000, railway company, United Kingdom

British Rail

1962 - 2000

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Gregson, Jean Elizabeth

1912 - 2007
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1909-current (2021), science, technology and medical museum, South Kensington, London, England, British

Science Museum

1909

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968
active 1928-1956, manufacturer of automatic and dispensing machines, London, England

British Automatic Company Limited

1928 - 1956
William Howe was a railway and mechanical engineer

Howe, William

1814 - 1879
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901

Westover, George

1886 - 1911
1899-current (2021), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932