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

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1852-1931, active in field of anaesthesiology

Walter Tyrrell

1852 - 1931
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951
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
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
1854-1932, inventor; businessman, American

George Eastman

1854 - 1932
1854-1923, railway administrator, London

John Jennings Brewer

1854 - 1923
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
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
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
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
1862-1930, inventor; industrialist, American

Dorr Eugene Felt

1862 - 1930
1857-1947, artist, Irish; British

Stanhope Alexander Forbes

1857 - 1947
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson

1860 - 1935
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Albert Edgar Gendle

1809 - 1923
1854-1918, cinematography pioneer, American

Birt Acres

1854 - 1918
1869-1956, artist, Dutch

Louis Raemaekers

1869 - 1956
1877-1933, poster artist; illustrator, British

Reginald Edward Higgins

1877 - 1933
1856-1929, camera manufacturer and photographer, British

Frederick Herbert Sanderson

1856 - 1929
1868-1940, medallist; sculptor, Swedish

Alfred Ohlson

1868 - 1940
1872-1944, artist, photographer, France

Pierre Dubreuil

1872 - 1944
1870-1947, cricketer; politician; soldier, British

Francis Stanley Jackson

1870 - 1947
1852-1922, soldier & designer, English; British

William Willoughby Cole Verner

1852 - 1922
1864-1950, photographer, British; English

Alfred Hind Robinson

1864 - 1950
1864-1952, photographer, American

Frances Benjamin Johnston

1864 - 1952
1868-1944, locomotive engineer, Irish

R E L Maunsell

1868 - 1944