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Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
professional engineer, pianist, broadcasting star, writer

Wayne, Arthur

1905 - 1971
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941
1922-1964, manufacturer and supplier of razors and washing machines, London, England

Rolls Razor Limited

1922 - 1964
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1907-1993, active 1950s, poster artist; illustrator, British

Brookshaw, Percy Drake

1907 - 1993
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1901-1951, optical, lens, camera and cinematographic equipment manufacturer, Birmingham

Aldis Brothers

1901 - 1951
1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
active 1888-1930s, printer, Harrow; London

David Allen and Sons Limited

1888 - 1939
1923-1956, ceramic manufacturer, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Scammell China Company

1923 - 1956

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1929-?, hearing aid manufacturer, London

Fortiphone Ltd

1929
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
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907
1903-, manufacturer of scientific instruments, Acton, London; Watford, England

S G Brown Limited

1903
1903-current (2021), electronics and communications manufacturer, Berlin

Telefunken

1903
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958
1881-1963, marine engineer, Scottish; British

Wallace, Sir William

1881 - 1963
1899-1977, cartographer, German

Hoelzel, Fritz

1899 - 1977
1904-1965, ornithologist, photographer, documentary filmmaker; writer, Scottish

Rankin, Niall

1904 - 1965
1899-1978, sculptor; poster artist

Bradshaw, Laurence

1899 - 1978
1903-1960, Keeper of the Science Museum Library (1945-60), British

Pledge, Humphrey Thomas

1903 - 1960
1870-1952, science and technology historian; Science Museum curator, British

Dickinson, Henry Winram

1870 - 1952
1913-2012, physicist; radio astronomer, British; English

Lovell, Sir Bernard

1913 - 2012
active 1921-1979, photographer, British

Ashley, Hallam

1900 - 1987
1872-1942, astronomer, American

Curtis, Heber Doust

1872 - 1942
1903-1996, railway employee, British

Judson, Stanley

1903 - 1996
1935-2010, cosmonaut, Russian

Sevastyanov, Vitaly Ivanovich

1935 - 2010
1885-1888, shipbuilder, Belfast

Queen's Island Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited

1885 - 1888
1895-1968, vice-chairman and managing director of Newton, Chambers & Co. Ltd.

West, Sir Harold Ernest George

1895 - 1968
1914-1983, collector

Berry, Geoffrey C

1914 - 1983
1877-1963, farmer; engineer, British; English

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1899-1981, pioneering animator and film director, Berlin, Germany

Reiniger, Lotte

1899 - 1981
1919-2012, metallurgist and physicist, British

Cottrell, Alan

1919 - 2012