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Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981

Morpurgo, Jack Eric

1918 - 2000

Gandolfi, Frederick Louis

1903 - 1990

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

Gregson, Jean Elizabeth

1912 - 2007
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1909-current (2021), science, technology and medical museum, South Kensington, London, England, British

Science Museum

1909
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
1899-current (2021), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899
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

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
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
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931

Dunham, Jr, Theodore

1897 - 1984
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
1910-2003, manufacturer of bicycles, Aston, Birmingham, England, British

Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited

1910 - 2003
active 1901-1980s, microscope & accessory manufacturer, Manchester, England

Flatters and Garnett Limited

1901 - 1967
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863

Harrison, Jimmy

1918 - 2007

Macadie, Donald

1871 - 1956
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
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
active 1920-1970, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemical manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss co

Geigy (UK) Limited

1920 - 1970
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