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Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988
1927-current (2007); manufacturer of electrical equipment

Crompton Parkinson Limited

1827

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1843-1923, Railway company, Scotland

Caledonian Railway

1843 - 1923
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1852-1916, teacher, physicist; photographer, British

Worthington, Arthur Mason

1852 - 1916
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Dunham, Jr, Theodore

1897 - 1984

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932
professional engineer, pianist, broadcasting star, writer

Wayne, Arthur

1905 - 1971
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1917-1958, manufacturer of projectors and cine equipment, Leeds, United Kingdom

Kalee Limited

1917 - 1958
1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Grover, Charles

1842 - 1902
source; model railway maker

Richards, J P

1902 - 1999
active, c. 1930 - current (2009), manufacturer of water purification equipment, United Kingdom

The Permutit Company Limited

1912 - 1993
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
1909-1987, artist; writer; British

Hamilton Ellis, Cuthbert

1909 - 1987
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924