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c.1884-1964, railway engineer; historian, British

Dewhurst, P C

1884 - 1964
1891-1912, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland

A Rodger and Company

1891 - 1912
1869-1942, engineer, Danish

Poulsen, Valdemar

1869 - 1942
1907-2002, crystallographer, Irish

Megaw, Helen Dick

1907 - 2002
1893-1979, painter; poster artist, British

Hitchens, Ivon

1893 - 1979
1890-1975, medical missionary; mountaineer, English

Somervell, Theodore Howard

1890 - 1975
active about 1920-1935, manufacturer of radio valves, Harrow, Middlesex, England, British

Hivac Limited

1920 - 1935
1913-2009, social documentary photographer, Welsh

Forsyth, James

1913 - 2009
1881-,locomotive manufacturer, Stoke on Trent

Kerr, Stuart & Company Limited

1881 - 1930
1881-1961, medallist, French

Benard, Raoul

1881 - 1961
1939-1981, cine camera and projector manufacturer, St Etienne

Heurtier et Cie

1939 - 1981
1870-1949, artist; painter; poster artist, Dutch; British

Anrooy, Anton van

1870 - 1949
1916-2004, physicist; molecular biologist; neuroscientist, British

Crick, Francis

1916 - 2004
1887-1975, engineering; shipbuilding; aero engine manufacturer; road vehicles, Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland, British

William Beardmore and Company Limited

1887 - 1975
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
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
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