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Appleton, Edward Victor

1892 - 1965

Partington, James Riddick

1886 - 1965

Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram

1886 - 1975

Smith, Frank Percy

1880 - 1945

Macadie, Donald

1871 - 1956

Whitcombe, Harold Arthur

1883 - 1943

Robinson, Bernard A

1888 - 1979

Rutherford, Ernest

1871 - 1937

Birkett, Stanley

1884 - 1959

Cook, Gilbert

1885 - 1951

Walker, Gilbert Thomas

1868 - 1958

Grasemann, Cuthbert

1890 - 1961

Adrian, Edgar Douglas

1889 - 1977

Wright, Orville

1871 - 1948

Baly, Edward Charles Cyril

1871 - 1948

Chadwick, James

1891 - 1974

Svedberg, Theodor

1884 - 1971

Moseley, Reginald

1882 - 1957

Metcalfe, Charles

1883 - 1970

Berger, Hans

1873 - 1941
1878-1944, Electrical engineer and inventor

Wilson, William Hamilton

1878 - 1944
1875-1914, textiles manufacturing firm, Scottish, Scotland

Alexander Morton and Company

1875 - 1914
1880-1963, broadcast researcher, Russia, Britain

Shoenberg, Isaac

1880 - 1963
1892-1917; draughtsman, craftsman and soldier

Gott, Samuel

1892 - 1917
1879-1950, scientific instrument makers; optician; manufacturer of photographic apparatus, Manchester, England

Aubrey Franks Limited

1879 - 1950
1880-1961, artist; painter; etcher, Scottish; British

Aiken, John MacDonald

1880 - 1961
1878-1965, nurse to the Brookes of Sarawak, British

Fitchett, Ruth

1878 - 1965
1876-c.1975, engineering company, Manchester

Royles Ltd.

1876 - 1975
1892-1965, musician; broadcaster, Britain

Harrison, Beatrice

1892 - 1965
1883-1959, medallist, French

Canale, Victor S

1883 - 1959
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966
?1871-1938, medallist, German

Bosselt, Rudolf

1871 - 1938
1893-1950, mathematical tabulator, computer scientist, New Zealand; British

Comrie, Dr. Leslie John

1893 - 1950
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
1883-1966, cartoonist; illustrator; poster artist, British; Welsh

Thomas, Herbert Samuel

1883 - 1966
1885-1939, sculptor; medallist, French

Dammann, Paul-Marcel

1885 - 1939
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1885-1965, artist; sculptor; medallist, British

Preston, Edward Carter

1885 - 1965
1886-1924, lens manufacturer, Leicester, England

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Limited

1886 - 1924
1872-1944, artist, photographer, France

Dubreuil, Pierre

1872 - 1944
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
1889-1982, electrical engineer; inventor, Russian; American

Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

1889 - 1982
1890-1965, photographer, British

Jarché, James

1890 - 1965
1868-1947, manufacturer of chemicals, Battersea, London, England

Whiffen and Sons Limited

1868 - 1947
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1882-1973, son of Edgar Tarry Adams, British

Adams, Francis Norris

1882 - 1973