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1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1887-1976, artist, English; British

Laurence Stephen Lowry

1887 - 1976
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
Materials Scientist at RAE Farnborough

William Johnson

1924 - 1986
b. 1926, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Elizabeth

1926 - 2022
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
1925-2013, physician; physiologist; writer, British

Robert G Edwards

1925 - 2013
1913-1988, gynaecologist known for his work in the development of IVF and development of laparoscopic surgery techniques, British

Patrick Steptoe

1913 - 1988
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1911-1968, poster printer; printer

Sun Engraving Company Limited

1911 - 1968
1911-2004, biochemist and member of Howard Florey's penicillin team, English; British

Norman Heatley

1911 - 2004
1860-1986, railway builders, Gloucester

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1860 - 1986
active 1930s-1940s, press photographer, Britain

Harold Tomlin

1904 - 1964
1857-1927, locomotive builders, Whitehaven

Fletcher, Jennings & Co.

1857 - 1927
1846-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

London & North Western Railway

1846 - 1922
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited, C F

1891 - 1987
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1881-1995, manufacturer of electrical equipment, United States

Western Electric Company, Inc

1881 - 1995
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1895-1952, king of the United Kingdom, reigned 1936-1952

VI, George

1895 - 1952
1874-1968, photographic chemist; manufacturer of photographic apparatus; camera manufacturer, Manchester, England

J T Chapman Limited

1907 - 1968
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1845-1951, railway company, India

Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company

1845 - 1951
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1852-1931, active in field of anaesthesiology

Walter Tyrrell

1852 - 1931
1883-1965, artist; painter; poster artist, British

C. E. Turner

1883 - 1965
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951
1848-1863, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee, Perth & Aberdeen Railway Junction

1848 - 1863
1878-1944, Electrical engineer and inventor

William Hamilton Wilson

1878 - 1944
Collector of prints and drawings.

Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt

1840 - 1914
1885-1953, artist, Russian, USSR

Vladimir Tatlin

1885 - 1953
1892-1965, musician; broadcaster, Britain

Beatrice Harrison

1892 - 1965
1880-1963, broadcast researcher, Russia, Britain

Isaac Shoenberg

1880 - 1963
1901-1990, architect, Russian, UK

Berthold Lubetkin

1901 - 1990
1864-1948, charity worker, England

Towes Beachcroft

1864 - 1948
1896-1993, scientist; inventor; patentee, Moscow, Russia, Russian

Theremin, Leon

1896 - 1993
1859 machine tools maker, Salford, Yorkshire, England, British

Smith and Coventry Limited

1859 - 1929
1899-1931, aviator; naval officer, French

Joseph Le Brix

1899 - 1931
?1871-1938, medallist, German

Rudolf Bosselt

1871 - 1938
1922; railway preservationist; photographer; writer; publisher; film producer

Patrick Bruce Whitehouse

1922 - 1993
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Edgar Tarry Adams

1852 - 1926
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
1861-1932, missionary, British

John Roscoe

1861 - 1932
1907-1986, photographer, British

Frances Griffiths

1907 - 1986
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1862-1982, manufacturer, Chicago

Pullman Car Company

1862 - 1982
active 1931, teeenager, built a televisor, British

Norman Christopher Stokes

1916 - 1991
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

George James Symons

1838 - 1900
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931