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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
1969-2000, railway company, United Kingdom

British Rail

1962 - 2000

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
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946
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
active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963
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
active 1901-1980s, microscope & accessory manufacturer, Manchester, England

Flatters and Garnett Limited

1901 - 1967
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
1969- current (2012), manufacturer of meteorological instruments, Rustington, England

Shortland Bowen Instruments Limited

1969
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958

Wilson, Anthony Howard

1950 - 2007

Harrison, Jimmy

1918 - 2007
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
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
1964-1996, research department, British

British Rail Research, Derby

1964 - 1996
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
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1914-1974, naval engineer, inventor, American

James, Richard T

1914 - 1974
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
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969

Dr Louise Davies

1904 - 2011

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1972-1981, telephonic and telecommunication equipment manufacturer, Brighton, England

ITT Creed Limited

1972 - 1981
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
1950-2000, radio communications, electronics manufacturer, British

Racal Electronics Plc

1950 - 2000