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Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968

Westover, George

1886 - 1911
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863

Macadie, Donald

1871 - 1956
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
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
1893-1989, artist; poster artist; illustrator; author; television producer, British

Lingstrom, Freda

1893 - 1989
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
1892-1970, poster artist; printer; etcher, Canadian

Russell, Gyrth

1892 - 1970
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
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009

Dingle, Herbert

1890 - 1978

Round, Henry Joseph

1881 - 1966
1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
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
1872-1953, artist; sculptor; medallist, English; British

Bayes, Gilbert

1872 - 1953
active 1887-1979, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, Glasgow, Scotland

Baird and Tatlock Limited

1887 - 1979
1875-1976, manufacturer, Tunstall, British

Alfred Meakin

1875 - 1976
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1874-1966, steelmakers; munitions makers, English; British

John Baker and Company Limited

1874 - 1966
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995

Baring, Rowland Thomas

1877 - 1953