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1896-1948, coal colliery, Durham

Ashington Coal Co.

1896 - 1948
1895-1952, king of the United Kingdom, reigned 1936-1952

George VI

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

Pincus, Gregory Goodwin

1903 - 1967
1897-1899, camera manufacturer, American

Monroe Camera Company

1897 - 1899
1893-1963, film maker and camera manufacturer, French

Lumière

1893 - 1963
1899-1972, film producer, inventor, co-founder of Arri, Germany

Richter, Robert

1899 - 1972
1892-1906, railway company, Donegal

Donegal Railway Company

1892 - 1906
1898-1978, aircraft designer and manufacturer, German

Messerschmitt, Wilhelm Emil

1898 - 1978
1891-1953, poster artist; graphic artist, Hungarian

Márton, Lajos

1891 - 1953
1907-1986, photographer, British

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1897-1967, physicist; engineer, British

Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas

1897 - 1967
1907-1978, railway photographer; Anglican bishop, British

Treacy, Eric

1907 - 1978
1908-1999, explorer; scientist, British

Fuchs, Sir Vivian

1908 - 1999
1897-1969, electrical engineer & electron microscope pioneer, German

Knoll, Max

1897 - 1969
1907-1927, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Rochester, New York

Folmer-Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak

1907 - 1945
1902-1976, artist; painter, British

Monnington, Sir Thomas

1902 - 1976
1902-1983, chemist, British

Gibson, Reginald Oswald

1902 - 1983
1902-1970, poster artist

Lambart, Alfred

1902 - 1970
1896-1897, camera manufacturers, Paris

Société Pathé Frères

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

Cattermole, Lance

1898 - 1992
1893-1956, physical chemist and physicist, Oxford, England & Berlin, Germany

Simon, Sir Franz Eugen

1893 - 1956
1896-1914, Kinora manufacturer, British

Kinora Limited

1896 - 1914
1907-1966, scientist; rocket engineer and designer for Soviet space programme, Russian

Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich

1907 - 1966
1897-1985, poster artist

Libis

1897 - 1985
1904-1983, physist, Cavendish Laboratory & Glasgow University, British

Dee, Philip Ivor

1904 - 1983
1903-1992, metallurgist; historian, British-born; American

Smith, Cyril Stanley

1903 - 1992
1906-1979, photographer; photojournalist; artist; educator, Russian; American

Halsman, Philippe

1906 - 1979
1901-1981, audio pioneer, inventor, London

Voigt, Paul

1901 - 1981
1890-c 1930, photography meter manufacturer, Hereford

Watkins Meter Company

1890 - 1930
1890-1984, gynaecologist, obstetrician, co-inventor of 'The Pill', United States, American

Rock, John

1890 - 1984
c.1900?-1964, manufacturer, Sheffield

Cravens Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1900 - 1964
1890-1964, Admiralty scientist, British; English

Wood, Albert Beaumont

1890 - 1964
active 1890-1901, manufacturer of electrical equipment, London & Manchester, England

S Z de Ferranti Limited

1890 - 1901
1908-1995, president of the Argentine republic, lawyer, Argentinian

Frondizi Ercoli, Arturo

1908 - 1995
1895-1958, architect; industrial designer, Japanese born; Canadian

Coates, Wells

1895 - 1958
1891-1901, photographic company, Ilford, England

The Britannia Works Company Limited

1891 - 1901
1899-1980, businessman; founder of Butlins holiday camps, British

Butlin, Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne

1899 - 1980
1906-1987, manufacturer, London

Drewry

1906 - 1987
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
1893-1921, railway company, Lagos,

Lagos Railway

1893 - 1921
1900-1995, biochemist; sinologist, British

Needham, Joseph

1900 - 1995
1890-1959, illustrator; poster artist, British

Allinson, Adrian

1890 - 1959
1899-1994, psychologist, American

Bayley, Nancy

1899 - 1994
1907-1982, poster artist; artist; painter, British

MacKenzie, Alison

1907 - 1982
1906-1968, physicist; inventor; patent attorney, American

Carlson, Chester Floyd

1906 - 1968
1896-present, railway company, Mombasa

Kenya & Uganda Railways

1896
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1905 - 1964
1900-2004, biomedical inventor, American

Beckman, Arnold Orville

1900 - 2004
1900-1929, ceramics manufacturer, Castleford, England

William Gill and Sons

1900 - 1929
1903-1993, active 1950s-1960s, commercial artist; poster artist, British

Stringer, Henry

1903 - 1993