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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
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
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
active 1979-2003, marine engineers, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, British

Woodcoxon Engineering (International) Limited

1979 - 2003
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
1884-1976, Locomotive engineer, British

Hawksworth, Frederick W

1884 - 1976
1885-1940, railway company, Somerset

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway

1885 - 1940
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
photographer; 1955-1989; UK

Fani-Kayode, Rotimi

1955 - 1989
1901-1954, theoretical physicist, Italian; American

Fermi, Enrico

1901 - 1954
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
1958-1978, railway company, Isle of Man

Manx Electric Railway Board

1958 - 1978
1908-1973, documentary photographer, Austrian-born; British

Tudor-Hart, Edith

1908 - 1973
1904-1983, documentary photographer, German born; active UK

Brandt, Bill

1904 - 1983
1978-2011, aircraft carrier, Royal Navy, British

HMS Ark Royal

1978 - 2011
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
1966-1996, brand-name for British Rail's long-haul express passenger services

InterCity

1966 - 1996
1902-1974, aviator, American

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus

1902 - 1974
1882-1967, astronomer, American

Duncan, John C.

1882 - 1967
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
1881-1934, artist; illustrator; poster artist; designer

Taylor, Horace

1881 - 1934
1941-1982, naval air squadron, United Kingdom

809 Squadron (Fleet Air Arm)

1941 - 1982
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
active 1945-current, London, manufacturer

Megatron Limited

1945
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
1910-1983, jewelry dealers, plastics and camera manufacturers, Birmingham

E Elliot Limited

1910 - 1983
1895-1936, aeronautical engineer, Spanish

Cierva, Juan de la

1895 - 1936
1899-1980, poster artist, British

Baldwin, Frederick William

1899 - 1980
1950-present, society, British

Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society

1950
1890-1954, electrical engineer; radio electronics engineer; inventor, American

Armstrong, Edwin Howard

1890 - 1954
1882-1944, theoretical physicist; astrophysicist, British; English

Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley

1882 - 1944