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Brown, Arthur Whitten

1886 - 1948

Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Crew, Henry

1859 - 1953

Lywood, Oswyn George William

1895 - 1957

Tutton, Alfred Edwin Howard

1864 - 1938

Hale, George Ellery

1868 - 1938

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

Baly, Edward Charles Cyril

1871 - 1948
Collector of prints and drawings.

Goldschmidt, Rudolf Philip

1840 - 1914
1900-1972, physician; ophthalmologist, Welsh; British

Pugh, Mary Agnes

1900 - 1972
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
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
1834-1922, shipowner, Scottish; British

Sutherland, Sir Thomas

1834 - 1922
1880-1976, manufacturer of machinery, Bad Homburg, Germany

Maschinenfabrik Michael KAMPF KG

1880 - 1976
1857-1932, bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ross, Sir Ronald

1857 - 1932
1851-1865, railway company, Glamorgan, Wales

Vale of Neath Railway

1851 - 1865
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
1884-1976, Locomotive engineer, British

Hawksworth, Frederick W

1884 - 1976
1842-1920, inventor; industrialist, Swedish

Nordenfelt, Thorsten Wilhelm

1842 - 1920
1885-1940, railway company, Somerset

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway

1885 - 1940
1854-1932, medical health officer; toxicologist, British; English

Hill, Alfred Bostock

1854 - 1932
1854-1918, cinematography pioneer, American

Acres, Birt

1854 - 1918
1858-1929, physician, British

Davies, Arthur Templer

1858 - 1929
1877-1933, poster artist; illustrator, British

Higgins, Reginald Edward

1877 - 1933
1885-1957, wood engraver; autobiographer; poster artist, British

Raverat, Gwen

1885 - 1957
1830-1907, naval architect, British; English

Mackrow, George Colby

1830 - 1907
1835-1916, astronomer; meteorologist, Norwegian

Mohn, Henrik

1835 - 1916
1853-1943, medallist, French

Dubois, Henri Alfred Auguste

1853 - 1943
1891-1980, industrialist; scientist; naturalist, British; English

Taylor, Edward Wilfred

1891 - 1980
1837-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

1837 - 1846
1881-1963, marine engineer, Scottish; British

Wallace, Sir William

1881 - 1963
1864-1944, geologist; museum director, British; English

Lyons, Sir Henry George

1864 - 1944
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1899-1977, cartographer, German

Hoelzel, Fritz

1899 - 1977
1867-1943, aeronautical pioneer; balloonist; meteorologist, British

Alexander, Patrick Young

1867 - 1943
1899-1978, sculptor; poster artist

Bradshaw, Laurence

1899 - 1978
1870-1952, science and technology historian; Science Museum curator, British

Dickinson, Henry Winram

1870 - 1952
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Brewer, Griffith

1867 - 1948

Silberrad, Oswald John

1878 - 1960

Barrow Ship Building Company Limited

1871 - 1897

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Hughes, Thomas McKenny

1832 - 1917

Redrup, Charles Benjamin

1878 - 1961