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

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1832-1928, musical instrument and phonogram manufacturer, London

Barnett Samuel and Sons Limited

1832 - 1928
1833-1900, steam engine manufacturer, Lambeth, London, England, British

Maudslay, Sons and Field Limited

1833 - 1900
1923-1948, railway company, England

Southern Railway

1923 - 1948
1835-1948, railway company, British

Great Western Railway

1835 - 1948
1846-1922, railway company, London

Great Northern Railway

1846 - 1922
1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom

British Railways

1948 - 1969
1844-1922, railway company, Derby

Midland Railway

1844 - 1922
1857-1869, locomotive manufacturer, New Cross

G England and Company

1857 - 1869
1835-1933, boiler and steam engine manufacturer, Manchester

Galloways Limited

1835 - 1933
1846-1922, railway company, London

North London Railway

1846 - 1922
1862-1923, railway company, East Anglia, England

Great Eastern Railway

1862 - 1923
1836-1862, railway company, British

Eastern Counties Railway

1836 - 1862
1836-1899, railway company, United Kingdom

South Eastern Railway

1853 - 1899
1947-1953, hotel executive, British

British Transport Commission Hotels Executive

1948 - 1953
1811 or 1812-1878, locomotive builder; engineer, British; English

George England

1811 - 1878
1887-1976, artist, English; British

Laurence Stephen Lowry

1887 - 1976
1804-1879, medallist, Dutch

David van der Kellen

1804 - 1879
1891-1933, railway company, London, United Kingdom

Central London Railway

1891 - 1933
1843-1910, sculptor; medallist, Belgian

Charles Van der Stappen

1843 - 1910
1853-1867, railway company, London, England

Hampstead Junction Railway

1853 - 1867
1866-1886, railway company, United Kingdom

Muswell Hill Railway

1866 - 1886
1837-1923, physicist, Dutch

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

1837 - 1923
1905-1980, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Derwent Valley Light Railway

1905 - 1980
active 1869, inventor; engineer, American; Northern Irish born;

Alexander Kirk Rider

1820 - 1893
1865-1925, railway company, British

East London Railway

1865 - 1925
1859-1864, railway company, London, England, United Kingdom

Charing Cross Railway

1859 - 1864
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
Materials Scientist at RAE Farnborough

William Johnson

1924 - 1986
b. 1926, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Elizabeth

1926 - 2022
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

1819 - 1905
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
1925-2013, physician; physiologist; writer, British

Robert G Edwards

1925 - 2013
1913-1988, gynaecologist known for his work in the development of IVF and development of laparoscopic surgery techniques, British

Patrick Steptoe

1913 - 1988
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1911-1968, poster printer; printer

Sun Engraving Company Limited

1911 - 1968
1911-2004, biochemist and member of Howard Florey's penicillin team, English; British

Norman Heatley

1911 - 2004
1836-1999, aeronautics, Manchester

Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd.

1836 - 1999
1860-1986, railway builders, Gloucester

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1860 - 1986
active 1930s-1940s, press photographer, Britain

Harold Tomlin

1904 - 1964
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1857-1927, locomotive builders, Whitehaven

Fletcher, Jennings & Co.

1857 - 1927
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited, C F

1891 - 1987
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

CHARLES WHEATSTONE

1802 - 1875