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

Segrave, Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane

1896 - 1930
1910-1927, synthetic lacquer manufacturer, Birmingham, England, English; British

Damard Lacquer Company Limited

1910 - 1927
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
active 1899-1922, cargo ship, British

SS Stentor (1899)

1899 - 1922
1889-1961, philologist, American

Dolch, Edward William

1889 - 1961
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
1865-1915, nurse; war heroine, British; English

Cavell, Edith

1865 - 1915
1906-1988, physicist, electron microscope pioneer, German

Ruska, Ernst August Friedrich

1906 - 1988
1861-1938, physicist; metrologist, Swiss/French

Guillaume, Charles Edouard

1861 - 1938
1859-1922, railway company, Wales

Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway

1859 - 1922
1897-1974, physicist; government and military adviser, English; British

Blackett, Baron Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stewart

1897 - 1974
1867-1943, civil engineer; physicist, British

Appleyard, Rollo

1867 - 1943
1898-1972, physician, British

Penrose, Lionel Sharples

1898 - 1972
1876-1987, manufacturer, Leeds

Greenbat

1876 - 1987
1874-1931, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Clinker, R C

1874 - 1931
c.1884-1964, railway engineer; historian, British

Dewhurst, P C

1884 - 1964
1857-1947, artist, Irish; British

Forbes, Stanhope Alexander

1857 - 1947
1891-1912, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland

A Rodger and Company

1891 - 1912
1862-1930, inventor; industrialist, American

Felt, Dorr Eugene

1862 - 1930
1869-1942, engineer, Danish

Poulsen, Valdemar

1869 - 1942
1907-2002, crystallographer, Irish

Megaw, Helen Dick

1907 - 2002
1893-1979, painter; poster artist, British

Hitchens, Ivon

1893 - 1979
1890-1975, medical missionary; mountaineer, English

Somervell, Theodore Howard

1890 - 1975
1864-1922, railway company, Scottish

Callander & Oban Railway

1864 - 1922
active about 1920-1935, manufacturer of radio valves, Harrow, Middlesex, England, British

Hivac Limited

1920 - 1935
1913-2009, social documentary photographer, Welsh

Forsyth, James

1913 - 2009
1881-,locomotive manufacturer, Stoke on Trent

Kerr, Stuart & Company Limited

1881 - 1930
1881-1961, medallist, French

Benard, Raoul

1881 - 1961
1856-1909, cabinet maker; medallist; sculptor, French

Charpentier, Alexandre Louis Marie

1856 - 1909
1862-1877, railway company, United Kingdom

Bala & Dolgelley Railway

1862 - 1877
1870-1949, artist; painter; poster artist, Dutch; British

Anrooy, Anton van

1870 - 1949
1916-2004, physicist; molecular biologist; neuroscientist, British

Crick, Francis

1916 - 2004
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1887-1975, engineering; shipbuilding; aero engine manufacturer; road vehicles, Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland, British

William Beardmore and Company Limited

1887 - 1975
1873-1934, metrologist, British

Eden, Edgar Mark

1873 - 1934
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
1863-1949, dentist, British

Ackland, William Robert

1863 - 1949
1872-1918, Empress of Russia, Consort of Nicolas II, from 1894-1918

Fyodorovna, Alexandra

1872 - 1918
1868-1938, engineer, ship model restorer, Paston, Peterborough, England, British

Ihlee, Frederick Charles

1868 - 1938
1866-1943, co-founder and president of the Indian Motocycle Company, Connecticut, USA, American

Hendee, George N

1866 - 1943
1866-1913, sculptor; medallist, French

Champeil, Jean Baptiste Antoine

1866 - 1913
naturalist; photographer; filmmaker; 1880-1945; UK

Smith, F Percy

1880 - 1945
1865-1936, physician; surgeon, British

Moynihan, Berkeley George Andrew

1865 - 1936
1880-1976, manufacturer of machinery, Bad Homburg, Germany

Maschinenfabrik Michael KAMPF KG

1880 - 1976