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

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968

Hans Berger

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

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
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
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
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
Mr

Edward Raymond Turner

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

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965
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 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
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1857-?, manufacturer of mauveine dye, Greenford, London, England

Perkin and Sons

1857 - 1874
1875-1961, manufacturer of electronic equipment, London

A C Cossor Limited

1859 - 1961

Maurice-Louis Branger

1874 - 1950
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson

1860 - 1935
Detroit-based portrait photographer, active late 19th-early 20th century

James Arthur

1855 - 1912
active 1871-1921, retail co-operative society, England

The Army and Navy Co-operative Society

1871 - 1921
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Brunsviga Maschinenwerke AG

1871 - 1959

Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti

1864 - 1930
Mr

William Friese-Greene

1855 - 1921
1864-1963, inventor; scientist, Swedish

Carl Edvard Johansson

1864 - 1943
1860-1930, bacteriologist researching cholera and plague, Russian

Waldemar Mordecai Wolfe Haffkine

1860 - 1930
1860-1984, Milton Bradley Company; taken over by Hasbro, Inc. 1984-, American

Milton Bradley Company

1860 - 1984
1856-1987, manufacturing engineer, Leeds

Greenwood and Batley Limited

1856 - 1987
Baron Rutherford of Nelson

Ernest Rutherford

1871 - 1937
b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Herbert Galloway Stewart

1866
1857-1933, railway engineer, British

George Jackson Churchward

1857 - 1933
1859-1897, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Ross and Company

1859 - 1897
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
1863-1930, inventor; electrical engineer; photographer, British; Scottish

Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton

1863 - 1930
1856-, manufacturer of chemicals and chemical products, Griesheim am Main, Germany

Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron

1856 - 1925