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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1891-1974, nuclear physicist, British; English

Chadwick, Sir James

1891 - 1974
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1889-1908, manufacturer of chronoscopes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Peyer and Favarger and Company

1889 - 1908
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1891-2006 , railway works, Eastleigh

Eastleigh Works

1891
1900-1931, bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer, English; British

Humber Limited

1887 - 1931
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1877-1958, aircraft designer; manufacturer, England, British

Roe, Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon-

1877 - 1958
1870-1955, wildlife photographer and artist, Ireland

Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe

1870 - 1955
1890-1948, railway company, Indian; India

Morvi Railway

1890 - 1948
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1913-1936, aeroplane propeller design and manufacture, Weybridge, England, British

Lang Propeller Company Limited

1913 - 1936
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
1865-1935, physicist, French

Féry, Charles

1865 - 1935
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864
1873-1878, photographer, British

Maull and Company

1873 - 1878
1907-1957, manufacturer of motorcycles, Kingswood, Bristol, England

Douglas (Kingswood) Limited

1907 - 1957
1854-1920, US army physician and surgeon, American

Gorgas, William Crawford

1854 - 1920
1862-1931, engineer, British

Darling, Alfred

1862 - 1931
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
1909-1915, film company, United Kingdom

Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited

1903 - 1915
1867-1942, cinematographer; film producer, active England from about 1915, American

Urban, Charles

1867 - 1942
1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

1837 - 1900
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Cudworth, William John

1848 - 1909
1860-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

East Coast Joint Stock Railway

1860 - 1922
1862-1982, manufacturer, Chicago

Pullman Car Company

1862 - 1982
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1856-1999, manufacturer of phosphorous; manufacturer of chemicals, Oldbury, England

Albright and Wilson Limited

1856 - 1999
1846-1920, jeweller, Russian

Fabergé, Peter Carl

1846 - 1920
1834-1912, photographer, English; British

Bourne, Samuel

1834 - 1912
1871-1913, trade union, British

Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

1871 - 1913
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