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Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1852-1916, teacher, physicist; photographer, British

Worthington, Arthur Mason

1852 - 1916
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Dunham, Jr, Theodore

1897 - 1984

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932
professional engineer, pianist, broadcasting star, writer

Wayne, Arthur

1905 - 1971
1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
source; model railway maker

Richards, J P

1902 - 1999
active, c. 1930 - current (2009), manufacturer of water purification equipment, United Kingdom

The Permutit Company Limited

1912 - 1993
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
1909-1987, artist; writer; British

Hamilton Ellis, Cuthbert

1909 - 1987
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1907-1927, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Rochester, New York

Folmer-Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak

1907 - 1945
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1908-1964, toy manufacturer, Liverpool, England, British

Meccano Limited

1908 - 1964
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1897-2012, manufacturer of steam turbines, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, British

Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Limited

1897 - 2012

Baring, Rowland Thomas

1877 - 1953

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Cantlie, Kenneth

1899 - 1986

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
first patient to receive insulin injections

Thompson, Leonard

1908 - 1935
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
1874-1937, inventor, Italian

Marconi, Guglielmo

1874 - 1937
1884 - c. 1962, manufacturer of ceramics, Longton, England

British Anchor Pottery

1884 - 1962