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1899-1977, cartographer, German

Hoelzel, Fritz

1899 - 1977
1904-1965, ornithologist, photographer, documentary filmmaker; writer, Scottish

Rankin, Niall

1904 - 1965
1899-1978, sculptor; poster artist

Bradshaw, Laurence

1899 - 1978
1903-1960, Keeper of the Science Museum Library (1945-60), British

Pledge, Humphrey Thomas

1903 - 1960
1913-2012, physicist; radio astronomer, British; English

Lovell, Sir Bernard

1913 - 2012
active 1921-1979, photographer, British

Ashley, Hallam

1900 - 1987
1935-2010, cosmonaut, Russian

Sevastyanov, Vitaly Ivanovich

1935 - 2010
1903-1996, railway employee, British

Judson, Stanley

1903 - 1996
1914-1983, collector

Berry, Geoffrey C

1914 - 1983
1899-1981, pioneering animator and film director, Berlin, Germany

Reiniger, Lotte

1899 - 1981
1919-2012, metallurgist and physicist, British

Cottrell, Alan

1919 - 2012
1908-1980, hydraulic engineer, British

Wilson, Paul Norman

1908 - 1980
1915-2008, World War II instructor; assistant master, British

Chew, Victor Kenneth

1915 - 2008
1929-2003, former staff; curator, British

Bagley, John Arthur

1929 - 2003
1910-1977, neurophysiologist, inventor, Cambridge, England, British

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977
1925-2009, artist; cartoonist, British

Hart, Tony

1925 - 2009
1899-1986, museum curator, British

Codrington, Kenneth de Burgh

1899 - 1986
1904-1992, museum curator, British; English

Calvert, Henry Reginald

1904 - 1992
1922-1983, physicist; science historian; information scientist, British

Price, Derek John de Solla

1922 - 1983
1923-2011, microbiologist, British

Sneath, Peter Henry Andrews

1923 - 2011
1913-present, pencil maker, Stapleford

Chambers Pencils

1913
Aerospace Engineer

Sevant, Anthony Henry

1933 - 2015
1903-1967, manufacturers of iron and steel tubes, England

Stewarts and Lloyds Limited

1903 - 1967
1906-1992, scientist; university teacher, English; British

Sutton, Leslie Ernest

1906 - 1992
1921-2013, film animator, British; Australian born

Godfrey, Bob

1921 - 2013
1914-1994, psychologist, psychology researcher, author, United States, American

Edwards, Allen L

1914 - 1994

Dall, Horace

1901 - 1984

Moss, John F.

1905 - 1906

Ripper, William

1905 - 1905

Munro, Ian Hislop (Ph.D)

1935 - 2022
1918-1985, artist; cartoonist; illustrator, English; British

Hampson, Frank

1918 - 1985
1925-1988, electronic component manufacturer, England

Mullard Limited

1925 - 1988
photographer; 1922-2009; Germany; USA

Hofer, Evelyn

1922 - 2009
1916-1998, photographer, British

Hinde, John

1916 - 1998

Davies, E. Arnold

1905 - 1902
1906-1971, car manufacturer; aero engine manufacturer, Derby; Bristol, England, British

Rolls-Royce Limited

1904 - 1973
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
1917-1997, molecular biologist, British; English

Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery

1917 - 1997
1914-2002, chemist; molecular biologist, Austrian-born; British

Perutz, Max Ferdinand

1914 - 2002
British engineer and inventor of the fuel cell as used on the Apollo mission Service Modules. The same technology was also used for power and water on NASA's Space Shuttle.

Bacon, Francis Thomas

1904 - 1992

Moutray, J H

1919 - 1997
1913-1936, aeroplane propeller design and manufacture, Weybridge, England, British

Lang Propeller Company Limited

1913 - 1936
1901-1940, medical instrument manufacturer, London, England

S Maw Son & Sons Limited

1901 - 1940
1907-1957, manufacturer of motorcycles, Kingswood, Bristol, England

Douglas (Kingswood) Limited

1907 - 1957

Bracegirdle, Brian

1933 - 2015
1931-1979, recording & consumer electrical/electronic goods manufacturer, United Kingdom

Electric and Musical Industries Limited

1931 - 1979
1909-1915, film company, United Kingdom

Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited

1903 - 1915

Hughes, Hugh

1916 - 1998

Lumb, Edna

1931 - 1992

Sparkes, Curtis A

1905 - 2002