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

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1888-1939, camera manufacturer, Altrincham

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company

1888 - 1939
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926
inventor, cinematographer; 1876-1934; USA

Kelley, William Van Doren

1876 - 1934
1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952
1900-1998, electrical/electronic measurement instrument manufacturer, England

Marconi Instruments Limited

1900 - 1998
c. 1864-1943, scientist; botanist; educator; inventor, African American

Carver, George Washington

1864 - 1943
1866-1943, co-founder and president of the Indian Motocycle Company, Connecticut, USA, American

Hendee, George N

1866 - 1943
1879-1962, artist and photographer, French

Albin-Guillot, Laure

1879 - 1962
1887-1966, geophysicist; geodeist, Dutch

Vening Meinesz, Felix Andries

1887 - 1966
1886-1997, power generation, electronics, manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate, United States

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

1886 - 1997
1891-1901, photographic company, Ilford, England

The Britannia Works Company Limited

1891 - 1901
1876-1953, railway company, Ireland

Great Northern Railway, Ireland

1876 - 1953
1864-1922, railway company, Scottish

Callander & Oban Railway

1864 - 1922
1864-1922, railway company, Wales

Cambrian Railways

1864 - 1922
1890-1922, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Brechin & Edzell Railway

1890 - 1922
1880-1922, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Cathcart District Railway

1880 - 1922
1884-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway

1884 - 1922
1873-1880, railway company, Wales, United Kingdom

Ely & Clydach Valleys Railways

1873 - 1880
1875-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway

1875 - 1922
1865-1899, railway company, United Kingdom

Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Docks & Railway Company

1865 - 1899
1891-1909, railway company, United Kingdom

Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire Railway

1891 - 1909
1879-1884, railway company, United Kingdom

Alloa Railway

1879 - 1884
1894-1928, railway company, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Clogher Valley Railway

1894 - 1928
1883-1923, railway company, Scotland

Killin Railway

1883 - 1923
1878-1924, railway company, United Kingdom

Ballycastle Railway

1812 - 1924
1863-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Neath & Brecon Railway

1863 - 1922
1898-1909, railway company, United Kingdom

Bankfoot Light Railway

1898 - 1909
1898-1994, printer, Geneva, Switzerland

Sonor SA

1898 - 1994
1871-1948, aviator; inventor, American

Wright, Orville

1871 - 1948
1873-1903, inventor, British

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1876-1958, poster artist; illustrator, British

Dexter, Walter

1876 - 1958
1887-1942, painter; artist; porcelain painter; poster artist, British

Tittensor, Harry

1887 - 1942
1895-1970, medallist, British

Metcalfe, Percy

1895 - 1970
1866-1959, printer; publisher, London; Paris; New York

Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited

1866 - 1959
1900-1972, physician; ophthalmologist, Welsh; British

Pugh, Mary Agnes

1900 - 1972
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1863-1939; artist, British

Carter, Sir William

1863 - 1939
1883-1966, cartoonist; illustrator; poster artist, British; Welsh

Thomas, Herbert Samuel

1883 - 1966
1895-1949, poster artist; artist; painter, British

Marston, Freda

1895 - 1949
1885-1939, sculptor; medallist, French

Dammann, Paul-Marcel

1885 - 1939
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1886-1924, lens manufacturer, Leicester, England

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Limited

1886 - 1924
1885-1965, artist; sculptor; medallist, British

Preston, Edward Carter

1885 - 1965
1896 - 1962, engineer, designer, Ukraine

Bolsky, Jacques

1896 - 1962
1872-1944, artist, photographer, France

Dubreuil, Pierre

1872 - 1944
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