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1885-1930, soap manufacturer, British

Lever Brothers Limited

1885 - 1930
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1836-1917, physician, British

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836 - 1917
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Joseph Lister

1827 - 1912
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Royal Raymond Rife

1888 - 1971
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

William Henry Perkin

1838 - 1907
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
Mr

Florado Helios Muybridge

1873 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Robert Koch

1843 - 1910
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
Sir

Joseph Wilson Swan

1828 - 1914
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Adolf Eugen Fick

1829 - 1901
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

John Logie Baird

1888 - 1946
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

Samuel Dunseith McKellen

1836 - 1906
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971

Edward Walter Maunder

1851 - 1928
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
Sir

Barnes Neville Wallis

1887 - 1979
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

James Joseph Hicks

1837 - 1916
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009

Hans Berger

1873 - 1941
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Edouard Branly

1844 - 1940
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926