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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
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
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
aviator; photographer; 1922-2005; USA

Noggle, Anne

1922 - 2005
1908-1978 or 79, artist; painter; illustrator; wodcutter; railway artist, British

Worsdell, Guy

1908 - 1979
1862-1893, chemist, German

Sachse, Hermann

1862 - 1893
1850-1922, medallist, Swedish

Högel, August

1850 - 1922
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
1881-1957, artist, British

Aitken, John E

1881 - 1957
photographer; 1898-1988; Ireland; UK

Chambre, Edward

1898 - 1988
1920-1978, camera manufacturer, Germany

Montanus

1920 - 1978
1901-1990, artist, British

Burley, David William

1901 - 1990
1842-1919, dermatologist, French

Hallopeau, Francois Henri

1842 - 1919
1913-2005, silversmith, British

Durbin, Leslie

1913 - 2005
1859-1927, chemist, Swedish

Arrhenius, Svante August

1859 - 1927
1868-1948, chemist; antiquary; collector, English; British

Gabb, George Hugh

1868 - 1948
1900-1981, biochemist, German

Krebs, Sir Hans

1900 - 1981
1887-1912, battleship, British

HMS Trafalgar (1887)

1887 - 1912
1918-2006, photographer, New York

Newman, Arnold

1918 - 2006
1922-1964, manufacturer and supplier of razors and washing machines, London, England

Rolls Razor Limited

1922 - 1964
photographer; 1923-2005; USA

Bryson, John

1923 - 2005
1896-1935, manufacturer of automobiles, France

Automobiles Darracq S.A.

1896 - 1935
1859-1906, physicist, French

Curie, Pierre

1859 - 1906
1874-1958, aviator; aircraft manufacturer, born Paris; British; French

Farman, Henri

1874 - 1958
1870-1958, artist, English; British

Elwell, Frederick William

1870 - 1958
1862-1940, inventor of a petrol vehicle, British

Butler, Edward

1862 - 1940
1851-1857, whaling ship, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, American

Alice Mandell (1851)

1851 - 1857
1900-1995, manufacturer of earthenware; manufacturer of majolica, Stoke on Trent, England

Grimwades Limited

1900 - 1995
1897-1935, railway company, West Sussex

West Sussex Railway

1897 - 1965
c. 1864-1943, scientist; botanist; educator; inventor, African American

Carver, George Washington

1864 - 1943
1853-1930, stockbroker; amateur photographer, British

Job, Charles

1853 - 1930
1883-1935, artist, poster artist, sculptor, graphic designer, illustrator, cartoonist, British

Watts, Arthur George

1883 - 1935
1893-1938, artist; medallist, German

Glöckler, Oskar

1893 - 1938
1907-1976, active 1930s-1960s?, cartoonist; architect; poster artist; writer, British; born in Burma

Acanthus

1907 - 1976
1882-1956, printer, ephemerist, and classical scholar, British

Johnson, John de Monins

1882 - 1956
1865-1951, physician; surgeon; inventor of type of mask to administer anaesthetic, British

Cheatle, Sir George Lenthal

1865 - 1951
1868-1949, photographer, French-born, German

Meyer, Adolph de

1868 - 1949