Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

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

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903

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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

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

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910

1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

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

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006

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

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Constantinesco, George

1881 - 1965

active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968

1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926

1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933

1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932

1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966

active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012

1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935

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

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918

1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968

1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931

1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Gaulard, Lucien

1850 - 1888

1827-1894, active 1854, sewing machine manufacturer, British

Wilson, William Newton

1827 - 1894

1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960

Rolls, Charles Stewart

1877 - 1910

Burden, Rosa Gladys

1891 - 1940

1880-1934, engineers; manufacturer of pumping engines, Hunslet, Leeds, England

Hathorn, Davey and Company Limited

1880 - 1934

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

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935

1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883

1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990

1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974

1877-1936, poster artist; artist; illustrator; painter; draughtsman; author, British

Maxwell, Donald

1877 - 1936

1883-1908, optical instrument maker, London, England

W Watson and Sons

1882 - 1908

1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969

Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

1864 - 1930

The Daily Mail

1896

1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888

active from 1880 -? , manufacturer of toilet paper, Englsih

The British Patent Perforated Paper Company Limited

1880

active 1890s-1920s, manufacturer of optical and scientific instruments, Glasgow, Scotland

Gardner and Company

1890

active 1828-1841/1850?, surgical instrument manufacturer, London

J and S Maw

1828

active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846

1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857

1874-current (2010) travel logistics agency, night sleeper train company, Belgium

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

1874

1820-current (2009), manufacturer of dental appliances; manufacturer of dentures, England, British

Claudius Ash

1820

1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

1852 - current (2009), manufacturer of ceramics, Chodziez, Poland

Chodziez

1897