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

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
Mr

Florado Helios Muybridge

1873 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968

Edward Walter Maunder

1851 - 1928
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863

Hans Berger

1873 - 1941
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Brother, Thomas Armstrong and

1868 - 1968
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Albert Abrams

1863 - 1924
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Margaret Sanger

1878 - 1966
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Marie Stopes

1880 - 1958
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Henry George Gawthorn

1879 - 1941
active 1866-1926, camera manufacturer, Blackheath, London, England

W Butcher and Sons

1866 - 1926
1864 - present, Wales, manufacturer

Powell Duffryn Engineering Company Limited

1864
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

William Hope

1863 - 1933
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
Mr

Edward Raymond Turner

1873 - 1903
1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Edward Lovett

1852 - 1933
Hon.

Charles Stewart Rolls

1877 - 1910
1871-1955, civil engineer; inventor; patentee of the vacuum cleaner, English; British

Hubert Cecil Booth

1871 - 1955
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

James Morton

1867 - 1943
1871-1940, naturalist, photographer and documentary film maker, British

Cherry Kearton

1871 - 1940
Sir

Elly Kadoorie

1867 - 1944
1874-1966, steelmakers; munitions makers, English; British

John Baker and Company Limited

1874 - 1966
1875-1976, manufacturer, Tunstall, British

Alfred Meakin

1875 - 1976
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
active 1868-1982, adhesive products manufacturer, London

Samuel Jones and Company Limited

1868 - 1982
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976