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1909-1975, communications research, England

Post Office Engineering Research Station

1909 - 1975
1892-1917; draughtsman, craftsman and soldier

Gott, Samuel

1892 - 1917
1848-1863, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee, Perth & Aberdeen Railway Junction

1848 - 1863
1924-2009, journalist; newspaper editor, British

Weil, Gritta

1924 - 2009
1879-1950, scientific instrument makers; optician; manufacturer of photographic apparatus, Manchester, England

Aubrey Franks Limited

1879 - 1950
active 1857-1922, railway company, British

Stamford & Essendine Railway

1857 - 1922
1935-c.1981, television component and vacuum tube manufacturer, Cambridge, England

Cathodeon Ltd.

1935 - 1981
Former Prime Minister of Great Britain

William Ewart Gladstone

1809 - 1898
1931-2003, computer artist, United States, American

Mason, Maughan Sterling

1931 - 2003
Collector of prints and drawings.

Goldschmidt, Rudolf Philip

1840 - 1914
c.1920-1928, radio and aerial manufacturer, Massachusetts, US

Amplifex Radio Corporation

1920 - 1928
1833-1908, optician; scientific instrument maker, British

Aronsberg, William

1833 - 1908
1929-1986, manufacturer of television equipment, Germany

Fernseh

1929 - 1986
1792-1864, mother of Joseph Lister, British

Lister, Mrs. Isabella

1792 - 1864
1819-1892, physician; physiologist, German

Brucke, Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von

1819 - 1892
1859 machine tools maker, Salford, Yorkshire, England, British

Smith and Coventry Limited

1859 - 1929
1921-1958, artist, UK, British

Henry, Desmond Paul

1921 - 2004
1880-1961, artist; painter; etcher, Scottish; British

Aiken, John MacDonald

1880 - 1961
1926-1999, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, England

Bengue and Company Limited

1926 - 1999
1878-1965, nurse to the Brookes of Sarawak, British

Fitchett, Ruth

1878 - 1965
1852-1926, engine fitter; LNWR engine driver, Westbury, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, British

Stainton, George

1852 - 1926
1857-1865, railway company, Scottish

Inverness & Aberdeen Junction Railway

1857 - 1865
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1894-1989, Matsushita companies and Panasonic brand name founder, Osaka, Japan, Japanese

Matsushita, Konosuke

1894 - 1989
1944; railway employee, railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

Rollin, David

1944 - 2021
1899-1910, watchmaker, Prescot, England

Lancashire Watch Company Limited

1899 - 1910
1916-1918, admiral class battlecruiser, British

HMS Howe (1918)

1916 - 1918
1876-c.1975, engineering company, Manchester

Royles Ltd.

1876 - 1975
professional engineer, pianist, broadcasting star, writer

Wayne, Arthur

1905 - 1971
English sewing machine company established in Audenshawe, Manchester in 1859

Jones Sewing Machine Company Limited

1859 - 1968
1802-1879, mechanical engineer, British

Fothergill, Benjamin

1802 - 1879
1933-1950, audio equipment designer and manufacturer, England

Voigt Patents Limited

1933 - 1950
1892-1965, musician; broadcaster, Britain

Harrison, Beatrice

1892 - 1965
body-snatcher; associated with William Burke

Hare, William

1804 - 1858
1820-1889; engineer; geographer; India; Scottish

Yule, Colonel Sir Henry

1820 - 1889
1899-1931, aviator; naval officer, French

Brix, Joseph Le

1899 - 1931
1791-1873, physician, Swiss

Gosse, Louis Andre

1791 - 1873
1883-1959, medallist, French

Canale, Victor S

1883 - 1959
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966
1806-1849, physician; poet; philosopher, Austrian

Feuchtersleben, Baron Ernst von

1806 - 1849
1810-1867, sculptor; medallist, Swedish

Quarnstrom, Carl Gustav

1810 - 1867
Scottish physician; pathologist; associated with Burke and Hare

Knox, Robert

1791 - 1862
1857-1937, professor of chemistry, British

Young, Sydney

1857 - 1937
1795-1877, medallist, Swiss

Bovy, Antoine

1795 - 1877
1804-1882, medallist, French

Borrel, Valentin Maurice

1804 - 1882
1807-1877, sculptor, British

Weekes, Henry

1807 - 1877
1816-1903, engraver, British, United Kingdom

Papprill, Henry

1816 - 1903
1814-1878, physician; physicist, German

Mayer, Julius Robert von

1814 - 1878
1794-1878, mycologist; botanist, Swedish

Fries, Elias Magnus

1794 - 1878
1916-2004; physicist; worked with Crick, Watson, & Franklin on structure of DNA

Wilkins, Maurice

1916 - 2004