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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000

Chillingworth, John

1928 - 2025
b. 1946, astronomer, Ukrainian

Zhuravleva, Lyudmila

1946
b 1959, photographer, television and film maker, Portland, Oregon

MacMillan, Tim

1959
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
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

Baumann, Karl

1884 - 1971

Wilson, Anthony Howard

1950 - 2007
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945

Griffiths, Frances

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

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
1886-1977, physiologist, British

Hill, Archibald Vivian

1886 - 1977
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1965-1980, ceramic manufacturer, Tunstall

Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Limited

1965 - 1980
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1899-1955, poster artist

Howard, Norman

1899 - 1955
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1935-2008, electrical equipment designer and manufacturer: uses Panasonic as brand name, Japan

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

1935 - 2008

The Daily Mail

1896
1957; engineering manager, railway freight company director, railway infrastructure manager, railway infrastructure company director, railway company director

Gisby, Robin William

1957
c.1960s-current (2022), video character generator hardware and graphics presentation equipment manufacturer, England

Aston Broadcast Systems

1969
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1888-current (2010), medical & scientific instrument manufacturer/ supplier, London, British

G H Zeal Limited

1888
1946; railway employee, railway clerk, railway manager, railway company director

Eccles, Graham

1946
active 1964- current (2009), manufacturer of kidney dialysis equipment, Swedish

Gambro Limited

1964
1903-current (2021), electronics and communications manufacturer, Berlin

Telefunken

1903
1925-current (2022), manufacturer of motion picture cameras and lenses, Switzerland

Paillard-Bolex

1925
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923
active 1939-current (2010), research institute, British

The Burden Neurological Institute

1939
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
b. 1884, active ca. 1910-1936, poster artist, British

Black, Montague Birrell

1884
1913-1936, aeroplane propeller design and manufacture, Weybridge, England, British

Lang Propeller Company Limited

1913 - 1936
1907-1957, manufacturer of motorcycles, Kingswood, Bristol, England

Douglas (Kingswood) Limited

1907 - 1957
1931-1979, recording & consumer electrical/electronic goods manufacturer, United Kingdom

Electric and Musical Industries Limited

1931 - 1979
1960-1977, aircraft designer / manufacturer, England, British

British Aircraft Corporation

1960 - 1977
1909-1915, film company, United Kingdom

Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited

1903 - 1915