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1885-1892, railway company, Wales

East Usk Branch Railway

1885 - 1892
1899-1985, inventor of ball-point pen, Hungarian

Bíró László József

1899 - 1985
1893-1934, funicular railway, Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Clifton Rocks Railway

1893 - 1934
1883-1899, camera manufacturer, Rochester

Rochester Optical Company

1894 - 1903
1889-1946, painter; artist; poster artist; journalist, British

Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne

1889 - 1946
1876-1965, poster artist; artist; painter; marine painter; draughtsman; etcher; author, English

Mason, Frank Henry

1876 - 1965
1890-1964, graphic artist; poster artist; painter, Canadian born, active UK

Cooper, Austin

1890 - 1964
1896-1948, coal colliery, Durham

Ashington Coal Co.

1896 - 1948
1877-1964, motor racing driver; aviator; aircraft manufacturer; aircraft designer, French

Farman, Maurice Alain

1877 - 1964
1883-1959, artist; painter, British

Clilverd, Graham

1883 - 1959
1895-1952, king of the United Kingdom, reigned 1936-1952

George VI

1895 - 1952
1903-1967, biologist, researcher, American

Pincus, Gregory Goodwin

1903 - 1967
1893-1963, film maker and camera manufacturer, French

Lumière

1893 - 1963
1897-1899, camera manufacturer, American

Monroe Camera Company

1897 - 1899
1901-1951, optical, lens, camera and cinematographic equipment manufacturer, Birmingham

Aldis Brothers

1901 - 1951
1899-1972, film producer, inventor, co-founder of Arri, Germany

Richter, Robert

1899 - 1972
1892-1906, railway company, Donegal

Donegal Railway Company

1892 - 1906
1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952
1898-1978, aircraft designer and manufacturer, German

Messerschmitt, Wilhelm Emil

1898 - 1978
active 1920s, electrical engineer, British

Round, Henry Joseph

1881 - 1966
1891-1953, poster artist; graphic artist, Hungarian

Márton, Lajos

1891 - 1953
1876-1955, poster artist, British

Cox, Elijah Albert

1876 - 1955
1879-1956, aviation engineer, Italian

Anzani, Alessandro

1879 - 1956
active 1878-1917, boilermaker; shipbuilder, Canning Town, United Kingdom

A W Robertson and Company Limited

1878 - 1917
1877-1968, artist, French

Prejelan, Rene

1877 - 1968
1887-1960, poster artist, British

Ayling, George

1887 - 1960
1889-1957, artist, painter; illustrator, British

McKie, Helen

1889 - 1957
1897-1969, electrical engineer & electron microscope pioneer, German

Knoll, Max

1897 - 1969
active 1871- active 1968, silversmith, electroplater, British

Lee & Wigfull

1879 - 1968
active 1884-1899, scientific apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

Harvey and Peak

1884 - 1909
1878-1929, manufacturer of electrical equipment, Chelmsford, England

Crompton and Company Limited

1878 - 1929
1902-1976, artist; painter, British

Monnington, Sir Thomas

1902 - 1976
1883-1972, artist; poster artist, British

Silas, Ellis Luciano

1883 - 1972
1876-1941, artist, British

Eves, Reginald G

1876 - 1941
1902-1983, chemist, British

Gibson, Reginald Oswald

1902 - 1983
1902-1970, poster artist

Lambart, Alfred

1902 - 1970
1883-1975, civil servant, British

Hurcombe, Cyril W

1883 - 1975
1883-1890, manufacturer of electrical equipment, London & Oldham, Manchester, England

S Z de Ferranti

1883 - 1890
1896-1897, camera manufacturers, Paris

Société Pathé Frères

1896 - 1897
1898-1992, artist; poster artist, Irish

Cattermole, Lance

1898 - 1992
1880-1938, scientific instrument maker; balance maker, Denver, United States

William Ainsworth and Sons

1880 - 1938
1887-1965, cartoonist; journal editor; poster artist, British; English

Bird, Cyril Kenneth

1887 - 1965
1880-1973, aeronautical engineer, aviation pioneer, France, French

Voisin, Gabriel

1880 - 1973
1889-1908, manufacturer of chronoscopes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Peyer and Favarger and Company

1889 - 1908
1893-1956, physical chemist and physicist, Oxford, England & Berlin, Germany

Simon, Sir Franz Eugen

1893 - 1956
c.1883- present, newspaper, British

Portsmouth Evening News

1883
1896-1914, Kinora manufacturer, British

Kinora Limited

1896 - 1914
1878-1945, physicist; vacuum technology pioneer, German

Gaede, Max Paul Wolfgang

1878 - 1945
1885-1955, aircraft designer; aircraft manufacturer, British, English

Blackburn, Robert

1885 - 1955
1887-1970, artist; caricaturist; illustrator, Australian-born; British

Bateman, Henry Mayo

1887 - 1970