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1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

Curtis, Deborah

1957

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000

Chillingworth, John

1928 - 2025
b. 1946, astronomer, Ukrainian

Zhuravleva, Lyudmila

1946
b 1959, photographer, television and film maker, Portland, Oregon

MacMillan, Tim

1959
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
active 1986-1997, manufacturer of healthcare equipment, Uppsala, Sweden, Swedish

Pharmacia Biotech

1986 - 1997
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1978-2011, aircraft carrier, Royal Navy, British

HMS Ark Royal

1978 - 2011
1850-1892, doctor; murderer, British; American

Cream, Thomas Neill

1850 - 1892
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987

Baumann, Karl

1884 - 1971

Wilson, Anthony Howard

1950 - 2007
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
1886-1977, physiologist, British

Hill, Archibald Vivian

1886 - 1977
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
1965-1980, ceramic manufacturer, Tunstall

Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Limited

1965 - 1980
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1899-1955, poster artist

Howard, Norman

1899 - 1955
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009
1935-2008, electrical equipment designer and manufacturer: uses Panasonic as brand name, Japan

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

1935 - 2008

The Daily Mail

1896
1957; engineering manager, railway freight company director, railway infrastructure manager, railway infrastructure company director, railway company director

Gisby, Robin William

1957
c.1960s-current (2022), video character generator hardware and graphics presentation equipment manufacturer, England

Aston Broadcast Systems

1969
1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

1878
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857