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1901-1968, poster artist, British

Merriott, Jack

1901 - 1968
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1896-1985, poster artist; marine and landscape artist, British

Sherwin, Frank

1896 - 1985
1882-1973, son of Edgar Tarry Adams, British

Adams, Francis Norris

1882 - 1973
1872-1927, telegraph communications, United Kingdom

Eastern Telegraph Company

1872 - 1927
1876-1965, locomotive engineer and railway administrator, British

Stanier, Sir William Arthur

1876 - 1965
1899-1971, inventor; engineer, Swiss

Reutter, Jean-Léon

1899 - 1971
1851-1923, locomotive engineer, British

Ivatt, Henry A

1851 - 1923
1900-1990, industrial designer, German

Wagenfeld, Wilhelm

1900 - 1990
1902-1964, poster artist, Australian

Trompf, Percival

1902 - 1964
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
1879-1959, aviator; aircraft manufacturer; British; English

Grahame-White, Claude

1879 - 1959
1880-1969, artist; poster artist, British

Flint, Sir William Russell

1880 - 1969
1877-1955, sculptor; medallist, French

Camus, Jean Marie

1877 - 1955
1825-1903, photographer, French

Tournachon, Adrien

1825 - 1903
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1904-1958, artist; poster artist; writer, British

Bone, Stephen

1904 - 1958
1864-1896, railway company, Jersey

Jersey Railways

1864 - 1936
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1864-1959, submarine telegraph cable manufacturer, British

Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited

1864 - 1959
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941
1844-1929, physician; surgeon; bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ogston, Sir Alexander

1844 - 1929
1826-1902, active 1840s-1880s, naval officer; photographer; lyricist, British

Cheyne, John Powles

1826 - 1902
1909-1925, camera manufacturer, German

I.C.A.

1909 - 1925
1871-1883, railway company, British

Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway & Dock Company

1871 - 1883
1834-1897, physiologist, German

Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich

1834 - 1897
1909-1962, camera manufacturer, Bayreuth

Franka

1909 - 1962
c. 1840, d. 1920, music composer; teacher; singer, British? active Italy, Spain, London

Slater, Edward

1840 - 1920
1917-1983, physicist, British; English

Boot, Henry

1917 - 1983
1848-1912, engraver; medallist, Italian

Giorgi, Luigi

1848 - 1912
1926-late 1960s, photographic advertising agency, England

Photographic Advertising Limited

1926 - 1969
1888-1969, Chief Engineer fof London & North Eastern Railway, England, Scottish

Train, Sir John Cumberland Landale

1888 - 1969
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884
c.1830-1919, manufacturer of dyestuffs; chemicals manufacturer, Huddersfield, England

Read Holliday and Sons Limited

1830 - 1919
1879-1962, artist and photographer, French

Albin-Guillot, Laure

1879 - 1962
active 1896-1930s, repairer and manufacturer of carts and vans, England

G Scammell and Nephew Limited

1896 - 1965
1832-1907, surgeon, British; Scottish

Watson, Sir Patrick Heron

1832 - 1907
1897-1948, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Ross Limited

1897 - 1948
1843-1928, naval architect, British; English

Thornycroft, Sir John Isaac

1843 - 1928
1897-1956, research chemist, French

Joliot-Curie, Irene

1897 - 1956
1889-1976, physicist; meteorologist, British

Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne

1889 - 1976
1907-2002, engraver; medallist; sculptor; illustrator, French

Corbin, Raymond

1907 - 2002
1854-1923, railway administrator, London

Brewer, John Jennings

1854 - 1923
active 1865-1965, bell manufacturers, Whitechapel

Mears & Stainbank Founders

1865 - 1965
b. 1912, cinematographer; photographer, Austrian

Suschitzky, Wolfgang

1912 - 2016
1906-1977, active 1950s-1960s, poster artist, British

Spencer, Ernest

1906 - 1977
1907-1976, architect, Indian-born; British

Spence, Sir Basil Urwin

1907 - 1976
1920-1958, crystallographer, British; English

Franklin, Rosalind

1920 - 1958
1845-1922, physician, French

Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse

1845 - 1922