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1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
1873-1934, metrologist, British

Eden, Edgar Mark

1873 - 1934
1872-1918, Empress of Russia, Consort of Nicolas II, from 1894-1918

Fyodorovna, Alexandra

1872 - 1918
1868-1938, engineer, ship model restorer, Paston, Peterborough, England, British

Ihlee, Frederick Charles

1868 - 1938
naturalist; photographer; filmmaker; 1880-1945; UK

Smith, F Percy

1880 - 1945
1880-1976, manufacturer of machinery, Bad Homburg, Germany

Maschinenfabrik Michael KAMPF KG

1880 - 1976
1913-1971, physician; professor of anatomy, British

Harris, Geoffrey Wingfield

1913 - 1971
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
1885-1940, railway company, Somerset

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway

1885 - 1940
1877-1933, poster artist; illustrator, British

Higgins, Reginald Edward

1877 - 1933
1885-1957, wood engraver; autobiographer; poster artist, British

Raverat, Gwen

1885 - 1957
1884-1964, Lord Brabazon of Tara; aviation pioneer; politician, British

Moore-Brabazon, John Theodore Cuthbert

1884 - 1964
1867-1938, physiologist, French

Pachon, Michel Victor

1867 - 1938
1914-1990, graphic designer; poster artist, German born; British

Henrion, Frédéric Henri Kay

1914 - 1990
1899-1923, railway company, Canada

Canadian Northern Railway

1899 - 1923
1877-1910, motor car promoter; aviator, British; English

Rolls, Charles Stewart

1877 - 1910
1901-1954, theoretical physicist, Italian; American

Fermi, Enrico

1901 - 1954
1872-1934, artist, British; English

Dixon, Charles

1872 - 1934
1896-1921, camera and lens manufacture, Munich

Rietzschel

1896 - 1921
1891-1961, physician; radiologist, British

Burkitt, Frederick Thomas

1891 - 1961
1898-1985, graphic artist and portrait painter, Newcastle; English

Gilroy, John Thomas Young

1898 - 1985
1911-1991, singer and songwriter, England

Hill, Ronald Sidney

1911 - 1991
1908-1973, documentary photographer, Austrian-born; British

Tudor-Hart, Edith

1908 - 1973
1871-1952, engineer, British

Collett, Charles B

1871 - 1952
1871-1913, physician, Irish

Alcock, Nathaniel Henry

1871 - 1913
1904-1983, documentary photographer, German born; active UK

Brandt, Bill

1904 - 1983
1894-1985, photographer, Hungarian-born; American

Kertész, André

1894 - 1985
1907-1996, aeronautical engineer; inventor of the jet engine, British; English

Whittle, Sir Frank

1907 - 1996
1882-1968, astronomer; physicist, American

Babcock, Harold Delos

1882 - 1968
1902-1974, aviator, American

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus

1902 - 1974
1879-1953, architect (Adams, Holden and Pearson partnership), British

Pearson, Lionel Godfrey

1879 - 1953
1870-1942, physicist, French

Perrin, Jean Baptiste

1870 - 1942
1882-1967, astronomer, American

Duncan, John C.

1882 - 1967
1872-1961, chemist, British; English

Travers, Morris William

1872 - 1961
1908-1936, manufacturer of aeroplanes, France

Farman Aviation Works

1908 - 1936
1898-1970, artist, poster artist, British

Torrington-Bell, James

1898 - 1970
1881-1966, British army regiment

Middlesex Regiment

1881 - 1966
1902-1983, designer; illustrator; poster artist, British

Fraser, Eric George

1902 - 1983
1881-1934, artist; illustrator; poster artist; designer

Taylor, Horace

1881 - 1934
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
1910-1983, jewelry dealers, plastics and camera manufacturers, Birmingham

E Elliot Limited

1910 - 1983
1895-1936, aeronautical engineer, Spanish

Cierva, Juan de la

1895 - 1936
1899-1980, poster artist, British

Baldwin, Frederick William

1899 - 1980
1892-1951, railway company, United Kingdom

North Sunderland Railway

1892 - 1951
1890-1954, electrical engineer; radio electronics engineer; inventor, American

Armstrong, Edwin Howard

1890 - 1954
1877-1953, model-maker; businessman, English; British

Lowke, Wenman Joseph Bassett

1877 - 1953
active 1890s-1950s, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Mason, Thomas H.

1877 - 1958
inventor, cinematographer; 1876-1934; USA

Kelley, William Van Doren

1876 - 1934
1882-1944, theoretical physicist; astrophysicist, British; English

Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley

1882 - 1944