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Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981

Morpurgo, Jack Eric

1918 - 2000
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988

Gandolfi, Frederick Louis

1903 - 1990

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Gregson, Jean Elizabeth

1912 - 2007
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

Westover, George

1886 - 1911
1899-current (2021), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Dunham, Jr, Theodore

1897 - 1984

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1979-1998, consumer eelctronics, defence, music electricals company, Britain

Thorn EMI Electronics Ltd.

1979 - 1998
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1910-2003, manufacturer of bicycles, Aston, Birmingham, England, British

Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited

1910 - 2003
active 1901-1980s, microscope & accessory manufacturer, Manchester, England

Flatters and Garnett Limited

1901 - 1967
1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1969- current (2012), manufacturer of meteorological instruments, Rustington, England

Shortland Bowen Instruments Limited

1969
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1978-2003, manufacturer of safety and protective equipment, Wembley, England

Racal Safety Limited

1978 - 2003