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1882-1970, mechanical engineer, New Zealander; active Britain

Bulleid, Oliver Vaughan Snell

1882 - 1970
1931-2017, artist; painter; poster artist, wildlife artist, British

Shepherd, David

1931 - 2017
1873-1920, chemist, German

Dolezalek, Friedrich

1873 - 1920
1907-1972, components manufacturer, Warwick

Eagle Engineering Co

1907 - 1972
1856-1939, psychoanalyst, Austro-Hungarian

Freud, Sigmund

1856 - 1939
1890-1964, mechanical engineer; inventor, British

Beacham, Thomas Edward

1890 - 1964
1907-2001, photographer, British

Muspratt, Helen

1907 - 2001
1859-1942, chemist; mountaineer, British; English

Collie, John Norman

1859 - 1942
1879-1955, physicist, German; American

Einstein, Albert

1879 - 1955
1888-1899, signal manufacturer, British

Dutton and Company

1888 - 1899
1876-1953, printmaker; draughtsman, British; Scottish

Bone, Sir Muirhead

1876 - 1953
1888-1960, painter; sculptor, British

Kennington, Eric H

1888 - 1960
1908/1912-2000, documentary and portrait photographer, German

Freund, Gisele

1908 - 2000
c.1920-1939, radio and battery manufacturer and retailer, London

Amplion Limited

1920 - 1939
1889-1958, artist; illustrator; poster artist, British

Prance, Bertram

1889 - 1958
1917-2014, graphic designer; illustrator; poster artist; printmaker; painter, Czech born, active United Kingdom

Dekk, Dorrit

1917 - 2014
1899-1991, scientist, plant biochemist and inventor, Leamington Spa

Hill, Robert

1899 - 1991
1922-1938, aircraft manufacturer, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Dornier-Metallbauten GmbH

1922 - 1938
active 1883-c. 1893, gas engineers, London

British Gas Engine and Engineering Company Limited

1885 - 1893
1880-1962, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948), Dutch

Wilhelmina

1880 - 1962
1863-1898, physician; pathologist; bacteriologist, Brazilian

Kanthack, Alfredo Antunes

1863 - 1898
1904-1982, painter; artist; poster artist, British

Wilcox, Leslie Arthur

1904 - 1982
1892-1975, physicist, English; British

Thomson, Sir George Paget

1892 - 1975
1930-1949, television parts manufacturers, British

Scophony Limited

1930 - 1949
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
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
1910-1927, synthetic lacquer manufacturer, Birmingham, England, English; British

Damard Lacquer Company Limited

1910 - 1927
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
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
1874-1931, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Clinker, R C

1874 - 1931
1898-1972, physician, British

Penrose, Lionel Sharples

1898 - 1972
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
1893-1979, painter; poster artist, British

Hitchens, Ivon

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

Somervell, Theodore Howard

1890 - 1975
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