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1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
1881-,locomotive manufacturer, Stoke on Trent

Kerr, Stuart & Company Limited

1881 - 1930
1881-1961, medallist, French

Benard, Raoul

1881 - 1961
1856-1909, cabinet maker; medallist; sculptor, French

Charpentier, Alexandre Louis Marie

1856 - 1909
1840-1892, physician; naturalist; governor, German

Schnitzer, Eduard

1840 - 1892
1845-1925, chemist, British; English

Thorpe, Thomas Edward

1845 - 1925
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

Hill, George William

1838 - 1914
1870-1949, artist; painter; poster artist, Dutch; British

Anrooy, Anton van

1870 - 1949
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1887-1975, engineering; shipbuilding; aero engine manufacturer; road vehicles, Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland, British

William Beardmore and Company Limited

1887 - 1975
1873-1934, metrologist, British

Eden, Edgar Mark

1873 - 1934
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
b. 1839, active 1870s-1910s, medallist, French

Tasset, Ernest Paulin

1839 - 1921
1843-1888, painter; printmaker, French

Rajon, Paul Adolphe

1843 - 1888
1863-1949, dentist, British

Ackland, William Robert

1863 - 1949
1843-1894, shipbuilder, England

Money, Wigram and Sons

1843 - 1894
1872-1918, Empress of Russia, Consort of Nicolas II, from 1894-1918

Fyodorovna, Alexandra

1872 - 1918
1841-1925, aviation engineer, French

Ader, Clement

1841 - 1925
1847-1870, manufacturer of cermaics, Belgium

J B Cappellemans, Willems Smith et Cie

1847 - 1870
1846-1917, painter; etcher, English; British

Hole, William Brassey

1846 - 1917
1868-1938, engineer, ship model restorer, Paston, Peterborough, England, British

Ihlee, Frederick Charles

1868 - 1938
1842-1927, artist, English; British

Somerscales, Thomas Jaques

1842 - 1927
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1866-1943, co-founder and president of the Indian Motocycle Company, Connecticut, USA, American

Hendee, George N

1866 - 1943
1866-1913, sculptor; medallist, French

Champeil, Jean Baptiste Antoine

1866 - 1913
1846-1920, active 1888, machine maker; inventor of a type of air separator, British

Moodie, Robert

1846 - 1920
1840-1905, physicist; optical researcher; optical designer, German

Abbe, Ernst Karl

1840 - 1905
naturalist; photographer; filmmaker; 1880-1945; UK

Smith, F Percy

1880 - 1945
1865-1936, physician; surgeon, British

Moynihan, Berkeley George Andrew

1865 - 1936
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
1884-1976, Locomotive engineer, British

Hawksworth, Frederick W

1884 - 1976
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
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
1884-1964, Lord Brabazon of Tara; aviation pioneer; politician, British

Moore-Brabazon, John Theodore Cuthbert

1884 - 1964
1853-1936, collector; pharmacist; benefactor, American; naturalised British

Wellcome, Sir Henry Solomon

1853 - 1936
1867-1938, physiologist, French

Pachon, Michel Victor

1867 - 1938
1849-1923, surgeon, active in Ireland, New Zealander

Ormsby, Sir Lambert Hepenstal

1849 - 1923
1877-1910, motor car promoter; aviator, British; English

Rolls, Charles Stewart

1877 - 1910
1872-1934, artist, British; English

Dixon, Charles

1872 - 1934
1896-1921, camera and lens manufacture, Munich

Rietzschel

1896 - 1921
1891-1961, physician; radiologist, British

Burkitt, Frederick Thomas

1891 - 1961