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Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981

Morpurgo, Jack Eric

1918 - 2000
1930-present (2010), manufacturer food, beverages, cleaning and personal care products, England

Unilever PLC

1930

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
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
active 1909-current (2021), science, technology and medical museum, South Kensington, London, England, British

Science Museum

1909
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895

West, Harold Ernest Georges

1895 - 1968
active 1928-1956, manufacturer of automatic and dispensing machines, London, England

British Automatic Company Limited

1928 - 1956
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
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923

Wright, Elsie

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

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
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
1910-2003, manufacturer of bicycles, Aston, Birmingham, England, British

Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited

1910 - 2003
1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935

Harrison, Jimmy

1918 - 2007
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1897-1948, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Ross Limited

1897 - 1948
1920-1958, crystallographer, British; English

Franklin, Rosalind

1920 - 1958
1927-1971, manufacturer of dyestuffs, Blackley, Manchester, England

Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Dyestuffs Division

1927 - 1971
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
active 1920-1970, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemical manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss co

Geigy (UK) Limited

1920 - 1970
active 1935-1960, aircraft component manufacturer, Lancashire, England

De Havilland Propellers Limited

1935 - 1960
1914-1974, naval engineer, inventor, American

James, Richard T

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

Knoll, Max

1897 - 1969
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1905 - 1964

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977

Crow, Henry James

1920 - 1987
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

Griffiths, Frances

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

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
1927-1989, manufacturer, London, England

AVO Limited

1927 - 1989
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1917-1958, manufacturer of projectors and cine equipment, Leeds, United Kingdom

Kalee Limited

1917 - 1958
1909-1926, camera maufacturer, German

Ica AG

1909 - 1926