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1896 - 1962, engineer, designer, Ukraine

Bolsky, Jacques

1896 - 1962
1905-1989, poster artist, active London, England; Hungarian born in former Austro-Hungarian empire

Hofbauer, Imre

1905 - 1989
1916-1996, colliery, English; British

Markham Colliery

1916 - 1996
1872-1944, artist, photographer, France

Dubreuil, Pierre

1872 - 1944
1907-1996, artist; illustrator, English; British

Cuneo, Terence Tenison

1907 - 1996
1902-1960, active 1950s, poster artist, Irish born, active Scotland

Macfarlane, Alasdair

1902 - 1960
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
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
active, c. 1930 - current (2009), manufacturer of water purification equipment, United Kingdom

The Permutit Company Limited

1912 - 1993
1864-1950, photographer, British; English

Robinson, Alfred Hind

1864 - 1950
1890-1965, photographer, British

Jarché, James

1890 - 1965
1868-1947, manufacturer of chemicals, Battersea, London, England

Whiffen and Sons Limited

1868 - 1947
1903-1922, 1963-present, railway company and heritage railway, Wales

Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway

1903 - 1922
1901-1968, poster artist, British

Merriott, Jack

1901 - 1968
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1896-1985, poster artist; marine and landscape artist, British

Sherwin, Frank

1896 - 1985
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
1899-1971, inventor; engineer, Swiss

Reutter, Jean-Léon

1899 - 1971
1902-1964, poster artist, Australian

Trompf, Percival

1902 - 1964
1900-1990, industrial designer, German

Wagenfeld, Wilhelm

1900 - 1990
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
1904-1958, artist; poster artist; writer, British

Bone, Stephen

1904 - 1958
1864-1896, railway company, Jersey

Jersey Railways

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

Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited

1864 - 1959
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
1909-1925, camera manufacturer, German

I.C.A.

1909 - 1925
1871-1883, railway company, British

Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway & Dock Company

1871 - 1883
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1917-1983, physicist, British; English

Boot, Henry

1917 - 1983
1909-1962, camera manufacturer, Bayreuth

Franka

1909 - 1962
1888-1969, Chief Engineer fof London & North Eastern Railway, England, Scottish

Train, Sir John Cumberland Landale

1888 - 1969
active 1896-1930s, repairer and manufacturer of carts and vans, England

G Scammell and Nephew Limited

1896 - 1965
1897-1948, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Ross Limited

1897 - 1948
1889-1976, physicist; meteorologist, British

Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne

1889 - 1976
1897-1956, research chemist, French

Joliot-Curie, Irene

1897 - 1956
1907-2002, engraver; medallist; sculptor; illustrator, French

Corbin, Raymond

1907 - 2002
active 1865-1965, bell manufacturers, Whitechapel

Mears & Stainbank Founders

1865 - 1965
b. 1912, cinematographer; photographer, Austrian

Suschitzky, Wolfgang

1912 - 2016
1906-1977, active 1950s-1960s, poster artist, British

Spencer, Ernest

1906 - 1977
1907-1976, architect, Indian-born; British

Spence, Sir Basil Urwin

1907 - 1976
1920-1958, crystallographer, British; English

Franklin, Rosalind

1920 - 1958