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1885-1930, soap manufacturer, British

Lever Brothers Limited

1885 - 1930
1930-present (2010), manufacturer food, beverages, cleaning and personal care products, England

Unilever PLC

1930
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Royal Raymond Rife

1888 - 1971

Elsie Wright

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

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012

Frances Griffiths

1907 - 1986
1931-1992, typefounding machinery and typeface design, British

The Monotype Corporation Limited

1931 - 1992
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1932-1986, radio and television receiver manufacturer, London

Bush Radio Limited

1932 - 1986
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1919-1995, multimedia publisher, educational film makers, Chicago

Society for Visual Education Inc.

1919 - 1995
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

John Logie Baird

1888 - 1946
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1917-1958, manufacturer of projectors and cine equipment, Leeds, United Kingdom

Kalee Limited

1917 - 1958
1897-1978, toy maker, Harborne, Birmingham, England

Chad Valley Company Limited

1897 - 1978
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1924-c.1965, radio and television manufacturer, Slough; Kent

Kolster Brandes Limited

1924 - 1965

William Grey Walter

1910 - 1977
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
Sir

Barnes Neville Wallis

1887 - 1979
active, c. 1930 - current (2009), manufacturer of water purification equipment, United Kingdom

The Permutit Company Limited

1912 - 1993
active 1928-1956, manufacturer of automatic and dispensing machines, London, England

British Automatic Company Limited

1928 - 1956
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926
active 1924/6-1967, electrical measuring & scientific instrument maker, London, England, British

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited

1924 - 1967
1923-1956, ceramic manufacturer, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Scammell China Company

1923 - 1956
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
1920-1958, crystallographer, British; English

Rosalind Franklin

1920 - 1958
1910-1936, manufacturer of ball bearings, Luton, England

Skefco Ball Bearing Company

1910 - 1936
about 1918-2010, artist, British

Rita Bronowski

1918 - 2010
Colonel

Kenneth Cantlie

1899 - 1986
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960
1897-1987, electrical instrument maker, Orpington, Kent, England

H W Sullivan Limited

1897 - 1987
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923
1928-2002, computer artist, USA, American

William Fetter

1928 - 2002
active 1908-1997, manufacturer of bras, American

S H Camp and Company

1908 - 1997
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936