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1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1887-1976, artist, English; British

Laurence Stephen Lowry

1887 - 1976
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
Materials Scientist at RAE Farnborough

William Johnson

1924 - 1986
b. 1926, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Elizabeth

1926 - 2022
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
1925-2013, physician; physiologist; writer, British

Robert G Edwards

1925 - 2013
1913-1988, gynaecologist known for his work in the development of IVF and development of laparoscopic surgery techniques, British

Patrick Steptoe

1913 - 1988
1911-1968, poster printer; printer

Sun Engraving Company Limited

1911 - 1968
1911-2004, biochemist and member of Howard Florey's penicillin team, English; British

Norman Heatley

1911 - 2004
active 1930s-1940s, press photographer, Britain

Harold Tomlin

1904 - 1964
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited, C F

1891 - 1987
1881-1995, manufacturer of electrical equipment, United States

Western Electric Company, Inc

1881 - 1995
1895-1952, king of the United Kingdom, reigned 1936-1952

VI, George

1895 - 1952
1874-1968, photographic chemist; manufacturer of photographic apparatus; camera manufacturer, Manchester, England

J T Chapman Limited

1907 - 1968
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1962-1996, railway board, British

British Railways Board

1962 - 1996
1931-1979, recording & consumer electrical/electronic goods manufacturer, United Kingdom

Electric and Musical Industries Limited

1931 - 1979
1935-1977, manufacturer, England, British

Hawker Siddeley

1935 - 1977
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1883-1965, artist; painter; poster artist, British

C. E. Turner

1883 - 1965
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951
1878-1944, Electrical engineer and inventor

William Hamilton Wilson

1878 - 1944
1885-1953, artist, Russian, USSR

Vladimir Tatlin

1885 - 1953
1931-2003, computer artist, United States, American

Maughan Sterling Mason

1931 - 2003
1892-1965, musician; broadcaster, Britain

Beatrice Harrison

1892 - 1965
1880-1963, broadcast researcher, Russia, Britain

Isaac Shoenberg

1880 - 1963
American television production company.

20th Century Fox Television

1949 - 2020
1901-1990, architect, Russian, UK

Berthold Lubetkin

1901 - 1990
1896-1993, scientist; inventor; patentee, Moscow, Russia, Russian

Theremin, Leon

1896 - 1993
Aerospace Engineer

Anthony Henry Sevant

1933 - 2015
1899-1931, aviator; naval officer, French

Joseph Le Brix

1899 - 1931
?1871-1938, medallist, German

Rudolf Bosselt

1871 - 1938
1922; railway preservationist; photographer; writer; publisher; film producer

Patrick Bruce Whitehouse

1922 - 1993
1907-1986, photographer, British

Frances Griffiths

1907 - 1986
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1930-2000, electronics rental and retail, Brighton

Radio Rentals

1930 - 2000
active 1931, teeenager, built a televisor, British

Norman Christopher Stokes

1916 - 1991
1948-1992, railway company regional authority, United Kingdom

British Railways, Western Region

1948 - 1992
1948-1992, railway company region, Scotland

British Railways, Scottish Region

1948 - 1992
1892-, printer, publisher, Aldershot

Gale and Polden Limited

1888 - 1963
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1885-1940, railway company, Somerset

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway

1885 - 1940
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Kazimierz Proszynski

1875 - 1945
1909-1995, make-up artist, United Kingdom

Howard Roy Ashton

1909 - 1995
1898-1994, printer, Geneva, Switzerland

Sonor SA

1898 - 1994
1907-2002, engraver; medallist; sculptor; illustrator, French

Raymond Corbin

1907 - 2002
b. 1912, cinematographer; photographer, Austrian

Wolfgang Suschitzky

1912 - 2016
(1839)1919-1972, photographic retailer; pharmacist, London, England

Wallace Heaton Limited, Wallace Heaton

1919 - 1972