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1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1887-1976, artist, English; British

Laurence Stephen Lowry

1887 - 1976
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1911-1968, poster printer; printer

Sun Engraving Company Limited

1911 - 1968
1911-2004, biochemist and member of Howard Florey's penicillin team, English; British

Norman Heatley

1911 - 2004
active 1930s-1940s, press photographer, Britain

Harold Tomlin

1904 - 1964
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited, C F

1891 - 1987
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1881-1995, manufacturer of electrical equipment, United States

Western Electric Company, Inc

1881 - 1995
1895-1952, king of the United Kingdom, reigned 1936-1952

VI, George

1895 - 1952
1874-1968, photographic chemist; manufacturer of photographic apparatus; camera manufacturer, Manchester, England

J T Chapman Limited

1907 - 1968
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1883-1965, artist; painter; poster artist, British

C. E. Turner

1883 - 1965
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951
1878-1944, Electrical engineer and inventor

William Hamilton Wilson

1878 - 1944
1885-1953, artist, Russian, USSR

Vladimir Tatlin

1885 - 1953
1892-1965, musician; broadcaster, Britain

Beatrice Harrison

1892 - 1965
1880-1963, broadcast researcher, Russia, Britain

Isaac Shoenberg

1880 - 1963
1901-1990, architect, Russian, UK

Berthold Lubetkin

1901 - 1990
1864-1948, charity worker, England

Towes Beachcroft

1864 - 1948
1896-1993, scientist; inventor; patentee, Moscow, Russia, Russian

Theremin, Leon

1896 - 1993
1899-1931, aviator; naval officer, French

Joseph Le Brix

1899 - 1931
?1871-1938, medallist, German

Rudolf Bosselt

1871 - 1938
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
1861-1932, missionary, British

John Roscoe

1861 - 1932
1907-1986, photographer, British

Frances Griffiths

1907 - 1986
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1862-1982, manufacturer, Chicago

Pullman Car Company

1862 - 1982
1892-, printer, publisher, Aldershot

Gale and Polden Limited

1888 - 1963
1865-1957, tenor; opera singer; collector, Italian

Evangelista Gorga

1865 - 1957
1885-1940, railway company, Somerset

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway

1885 - 1940
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Kazimierz Proszynski

1875 - 1945
1909-1995, make-up artist, United Kingdom

Howard Roy Ashton

1909 - 1995
1869-1949, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, British

William George Pye

1869 - 1949
1898-1994, printer, Geneva, Switzerland

Sonor SA

1898 - 1994
1907-2002, engraver; medallist; sculptor; illustrator, French

Raymond Corbin

1907 - 2002
b. 1912, cinematographer; photographer, Austrian

Wolfgang Suschitzky

1912 - 2016
1873-1903, inventor, British

Edward Raymond Turner

1873 - 1903
1907-1976, architect, Indian-born; British

Basil Urwin Spence

1907 - 1976
1876-1958, poster artist; illustrator, British

Walter Dexter

1876 - 1958
1896-1935, manufacturer of automobiles, France

Automobiles Darracq S.A.

1896 - 1935
1866-1959, printer; publisher, London; Paris; New York

Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited

1866 - 1959
1900-1995, manufacturer of earthenware; manufacturer of majolica, Stoke on Trent, England

Grimwades Limited

1900 - 1995
1908-1994, artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Norman Hepple

1908 - 1994
1887-1942, painter; artist; porcelain painter; poster artist, British

Harry Tittensor

1887 - 1942
1895-1970, medallist, British

Percy Metcalfe

1895 - 1970
1907-2001, photographer, British

Helen Muspratt

1907 - 2001