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

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1860-1986, railway builders, Gloucester

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1860 - 1986
1857-1927, locomotive builders, Whitehaven

Fletcher, Jennings & Co.

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

London & North Western Railway

1846 - 1922
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1845-1951, railway company, India

Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company

1845 - 1951
1852-1931, active in field of anaesthesiology

Walter Tyrrell

1852 - 1931
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
1880-1963, broadcast researcher, Russia, Britain

Isaac Shoenberg

1880 - 1963
1864-1948, charity worker, England

Towes Beachcroft

1864 - 1948
1859 machine tools maker, Salford, Yorkshire, England, British

Smith and Coventry Limited

1859 - 1929
?1871-1938, medallist, German

Rudolf Bosselt

1871 - 1938
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
1862-1982, manufacturer, Chicago

Pullman Car Company

1862 - 1982
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
1865-1957, tenor; opera singer; collector, Italian

Evangelista Gorga

1865 - 1957
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Kazimierz Proszynski

1875 - 1945
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

James Cantlie

1851 - 1926
1854-1912, railway company, United Kingdom

London, Tilbury & Southend Railway

1854 - 1912
1869-1949, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, British

William George Pye

1869 - 1949
1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Captain Hugh Bladen Swiney

1843 - 1877
1854-1932, inventor; businessman, American

George Eastman

1854 - 1932
1854-1923, railway administrator, London

John Jennings Brewer

1854 - 1923
active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British

Robert Mann Lowne

1844 - 1929
1873-1903, inventor, British

Edward Raymond Turner

1873 - 1903
1854, vessel; screw sloop

HMS Curlew (1854)

1854 - 1865
1876-1958, poster artist; illustrator, British

Walter Dexter

1876 - 1958
1844-1909, mineralogist, mining engineer, mineral dealer & collector, Paris, France

Émile Bertrand

1844 - 1909
1859-1927, chemist, Swedish

Svante August Arrhenius

1859 - 1927
1866-1959, printer; publisher, London; Paris; New York

Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited

1866 - 1959
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

Louis van

1853 - 1917
Detroit-based portrait photographer, active late 19th-early 20th century

James Arthur

1855 - 1912
1879-1955, physicist, German; American

Albert Einstein

1879 - 1955
1869-1945, ophthalmologist; surgeon, British

Nathaniel Bishop Harman

1869 - 1945
1862-1928, naturalist, author and lecturer, British

Richard Kearton

1862 - 1928
Inventor of Linotype machine, 1854-1899, German

Ottmar Mergenthaler

1854 - 1899
1850-1923, surgeon, British; English

William Harrison Cripps

1850 - 1923
1879-1952, designer; ceramicist; painter; poster artist, British

Gordon Mitchell Forsyth

1879 - 1952
1865-1932, artist; engraver; etcher, British

Frank Willis

1865 - 1932
1851-1940, physicist, English; British

Oliver Joseph Lodge

1851 - 1940
1874-1955, artist; painter; poster artist; British

Dorothea Sharp

1874 - 1955
1864-1925, locomotive engineer, British

Harry S Wainwright

1864 - 1925
1849-1962, locomotive works, Gorton, Manchester

Gorton Works

1849 - 1962