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Macadie, Donald

1871 - 1956
active 1986-1997, manufacturer of healthcare equipment, Uppsala, Sweden, Swedish

Pharmacia Biotech

1986 - 1997
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1897-1948, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Ross Limited

1897 - 1948
1920-1958, crystallographer, British; English

Franklin, Rosalind

1920 - 1958
1927-1971, manufacturer of dyestuffs, Blackley, Manchester, England

Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Dyestuffs Division

1927 - 1971
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
1887-1948(?), haulage firm, British

Carter, Paterson and Company Limited

1887 - 1948
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
1893-1989, artist; poster artist; illustrator; author; television producer, British

Lingstrom, Freda

1893 - 1989
1964-1996, research department, British

British Rail Research, Derby

1964 - 1996
active 1920-1970, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemical manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss co

Geigy (UK) Limited

1920 - 1970
active 1935-1960, aircraft component manufacturer, Lancashire, England

De Havilland Propellers Limited

1935 - 1960
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1914-1974, naval engineer, inventor, American

James, Richard T

1914 - 1974
1897-1969, electrical engineer & electron microscope pioneer, German

Knoll, Max

1897 - 1969
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1905 - 1964
1892-1970, poster artist; printer; etcher, Canadian

Russell, Gyrth

1892 - 1970

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977

Crow, Henry James

1920 - 1987
active 1978-2003, manufacturer of safety and protective equipment, Wembley, England

Racal Safety Limited

1978 - 2003
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1888-1939, camera manufacturer, Altrincham

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company

1888 - 1939
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1913-present, pencil maker, Stapleford

Chambers Pencils

1913
1903-1967, manufacturers of iron and steel tubes, England

Stewarts and Lloyds Limited

1903 - 1967
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1897-1978, toy maker, Harborne, Birmingham, England

Chad Valley Company Limited

1897 - 1978
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009

Dr Louise Davies

1904 - 2011

Dingle, Herbert

1890 - 1978

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986

Round, Henry Joseph

1881 - 1966
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1972-1981, telephonic and telecommunication equipment manufacturer, Brighton, England

ITT Creed Limited

1972 - 1981
1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
1927-1989, manufacturer, London, England

AVO Limited

1927 - 1989
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1950-2000, radio communications, electronics manufacturer, British

Racal Electronics Plc

1950 - 2000
1862-1943, poster artist; book illustrator, British

Goble, Warwick

1862 - 1943
1890-1971, physicist; crystallographer, Australian-born; British

Bragg, Sir Lawrence

1890 - 1971
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944