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1871-1948, aviator; inventor, American

Wright, Orville

1871 - 1948
1873-1903, inventor, British

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1876-1958, poster artist; illustrator, British

Dexter, Walter

1876 - 1958
1887-1942, painter; artist; porcelain painter; poster artist, British

Tittensor, Harry

1887 - 1942
1866-1959, printer; publisher, London; Paris; New York

Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited

1866 - 1959
1862-1928, naturalist, author and lecturer, British

Kearton, Richard

1862 - 1928
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1863-1939; artist, British

Carter, Sir William

1863 - 1939
1883-1966, cartoonist; illustrator; poster artist, British; Welsh

Thomas, Herbert Samuel

1883 - 1966
1885-1939, sculptor; medallist, French

Dammann, Paul-Marcel

1885 - 1939
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988
1886-1924, lens manufacturer, Leicester, England

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Limited

1886 - 1924
1885-1965, artist; sculptor; medallist, British

Preston, Edward Carter

1885 - 1965
1872-1944, artist, photographer, France

Dubreuil, Pierre

1872 - 1944
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
1887-1960 (though name Raleigh still used), motor bike and cycle manufacturer, Nottingham, England

Raleigh Cycle Company Limited

1887 - 1960
1880-1934, paleopathologist, American

Moodie, Roy Lee

1880 - 1934
1889-1982, electrical engineer; inventor, Russian; American

Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

1889 - 1982
1864-1950, photographer, British; English

Robinson, Alfred Hind

1864 - 1950
1868-1947, manufacturer of chemicals, Battersea, London, England

Whiffen and Sons Limited

1868 - 1947
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1882-1973, son of Edgar Tarry Adams, British

Adams, Francis Norris

1882 - 1973
1872-1927, telegraph communications, United Kingdom

Eastern Telegraph Company

1872 - 1927
1876-1965, locomotive engineer and railway administrator, British

Stanier, Sir William Arthur

1876 - 1965
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
1879-1959, aviator; aircraft manufacturer; British; English

Grahame-White, Claude

1879 - 1959
1880-1969, artist; poster artist, British

Flint, Sir William Russell

1880 - 1969
1877-1955, sculptor; medallist, French

Camus, Jean Marie

1877 - 1955
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1864-1896, railway company, Jersey

Jersey Railways

1864 - 1936
1864-1959, submarine telegraph cable manufacturer, British

Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited

1864 - 1959
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941
1871-1883, railway company, British

Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway & Dock Company

1871 - 1883
1875-1949, aeronautical engineer; philosopher; author, British

Dunne, John William

1875 - 1949
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1888-1969, Chief Engineer fof London & North Eastern Railway, England, Scottish

Train, Sir John Cumberland Landale

1888 - 1969
1889-1976, physicist; meteorologist, British

Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne

1889 - 1976
active 1865-1965, bell manufacturers, Whitechapel

Mears & Stainbank Founders

1865 - 1965
1863-1935, journalist, travel book writer, British

Fletcher, J. S.

1863 - 1935
1862-1893, chemist, German

Sachse, Hermann

1862 - 1893
1881-1957, artist, British

Aitken, John E

1881 - 1957
1859-1927, chemist, Swedish

Arrhenius, Svante August

1859 - 1927
1868-1948, chemist; antiquary; collector, English; British

Gabb, George Hugh

1868 - 1948
1887-1912, battleship, British

HMS Trafalgar (1887)

1887 - 1912
1859-1906, physicist, French

Curie, Pierre

1859 - 1906
1874-1958, aviator; aircraft manufacturer, born Paris; British; French

Farman, Henri

1874 - 1958
1870-1958, artist, English; British

Elwell, Frederick William

1870 - 1958
1862-1940, inventor of a petrol vehicle, British

Butler, Edward

1862 - 1940