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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
1879-1960, poster artist; painter; artist

Sandy-Hook

1879 - 1960
1927-1971, manufacturer of dyestuffs, Blackley, Manchester, England

Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Dyestuffs Division

1927 - 1971
1955-1964, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Ridgway Potteries Limited

1955 - 1964
1882-1970, mechanical engineer, New Zealander; active Britain

Bulleid, Oliver Vaughan Snell

1882 - 1970
1931-2017, artist; painter; poster artist, wildlife artist, British

Shepherd, David

1931 - 2017
1947-1988, road transport company, British

British Road Services

1947 - 1988
1873-1920, chemist, German

Dolezalek, Friedrich

1873 - 1920
1907-1972, components manufacturer, Warwick

Eagle Engineering Co

1907 - 1972
1856-1939, psychoanalyst, Austro-Hungarian

Freud, Sigmund

1856 - 1939
1890-1964, mechanical engineer; inventor, British

Beacham, Thomas Edward

1890 - 1964
1907-2001, photographer, British

Muspratt, Helen

1907 - 2001
1854-1917, immmunologist, German

Behring, Emil Adolf von

1854 - 1917
1859-1942, chemist; mountaineer, British; English

Collie, John Norman

1859 - 1942
1879-1955, physicist, German; American

Einstein, Albert

1879 - 1955
1888-1899, signal manufacturer, British

Dutton and Company

1888 - 1899
1876-1953, printmaker; draughtsman, British; Scottish

Bone, Sir Muirhead

1876 - 1953
1888-1960, painter; sculptor, British

Kennington, Eric H

1888 - 1960
1908/1912-2000, documentary and portrait photographer, German

Freund, Gisele

1908 - 2000
c.1920-1939, radio and battery manufacturer and retailer, London

Amplion Limited

1920 - 1939
1889-1958, artist; illustrator; poster artist, British

Prance, Bertram

1889 - 1958
1849-1922, lawyer; mathematician, British

Kempe, Sir Alfred Bray

1849 - 1922
1917-2014, graphic designer; illustrator; poster artist; printmaker; painter, Czech born, active United Kingdom

Dekk, Dorrit

1917 - 2014
1899-1991, scientist, plant biochemist and inventor, Leamington Spa

Hill, Robert

1899 - 1991
1922-1938, aircraft manufacturer, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Dornier-Metallbauten GmbH

1922 - 1938
active 1883-c. 1893, gas engineers, London

British Gas Engine and Engineering Company Limited

1885 - 1893
1880-1962, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948), Dutch

Wilhelmina

1880 - 1962
1863-1898, physician; pathologist; bacteriologist, Brazilian

Kanthack, Alfredo Antunes

1863 - 1898
1904-1982, painter; artist; poster artist, British

Wilcox, Leslie Arthur

1904 - 1982
1850-1928, physician; homeopath, British

Reed, William Cash

1850 - 1928
1892-1975, physicist, English; British

Thomson, Sir George Paget

1892 - 1975
1930-1949, television parts manufacturers, British

Scophony Limited

1930 - 1949
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Proszynski, Kazimierz

1875 - 1945
1871-1937, physicist, New Zealand-born, British

Rutherford, Ernest

1871 - 1937
1864-1925, locomotive engineer, British

Wainwright, Harry S

1864 - 1925
1958-1983, microfiche manufacturer, London

Scottish Instruments Limited

1958 - 1983
1936-1984, camera manufacturer, Germany

Kamerawerke King KG

1936 - 1984
artist; photographer; local historian

Birch, Roger

1941 - 2013
1896-1930, land and water speed record-holder, American born; British

Segrave, Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane

1896 - 1930
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
1910-1927, synthetic lacquer manufacturer, Birmingham, England, English; British

Damard Lacquer Company Limited

1910 - 1927
active 1899-1922, cargo ship, British

SS Stentor (1899)

1899 - 1922
1889-1961, philologist, American

Dolch, Edward William

1889 - 1961
1849-1962, locomotive works, Gorton, Manchester

Gorton Works

1849 - 1962
1919-2010, conceptual artist; graphic artist; mural artist, American

McCall, Robert T

1919 - 2010
1865-1902, locomotive manufacturer, Gateshead, England

Black, Hawthorn and Company

1865 - 1908