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Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Gandolfi, Frederick Louis

1903 - 1990
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

Gregson, Jean Elizabeth

1912 - 2007
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1909-current (2021), science, technology and medical museum, South Kensington, London, England, British

Science Museum

1909

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968

Westover, George

1886 - 1911
1899-current (2021), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931

Dunham, Jr, Theodore

1897 - 1984
active 1901-1980s, microscope & accessory manufacturer, Manchester, England

Flatters and Garnett Limited

1901 - 1967
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1910-2003, manufacturer of bicycles, Aston, Birmingham, England, British

Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited

1910 - 2003
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1897-1948, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Ross Limited

1897 - 1948
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
1887-1948(?), haulage firm, British

Carter, Paterson and Company Limited

1887 - 1948
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
1893-1989, artist; poster artist; illustrator; author; television producer, British

Lingstrom, Freda

1893 - 1989
1914-1974, naval engineer, inventor, American

James, Richard T

1914 - 1974
1897-1969, electrical engineer & electron microscope pioneer, German

Knoll, Max

1897 - 1969
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1905 - 1964
1892-1970, poster artist; printer; etcher, Canadian

Russell, Gyrth

1892 - 1970

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977
1888-1939, camera manufacturer, Altrincham

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company

1888 - 1939
1913-present, pencil maker, Stapleford

Chambers Pencils

1913
1903-1967, manufacturers of iron and steel tubes, England

Stewarts and Lloyds Limited

1903 - 1967
1897-1978, toy maker, Harborne, Birmingham, England

Chad Valley Company Limited

1897 - 1978

Dr Louise Davies

1904 - 2011

Dingle, Herbert

1890 - 1978

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1890-1971, physicist; crystallographer, Australian-born; British

Bragg, Sir Lawrence

1890 - 1971
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
active 1887-1979, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, Glasgow, Scotland

Baird and Tatlock Limited

1887 - 1979