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Kadoorie, Lawrence (CBE)

1899 - 1993

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981
1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
professional engineer, pianist, broadcasting star, writer

Wayne, Arthur

1905 - 1971
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1917-1958, manufacturer of projectors and cine equipment, Leeds, United Kingdom

Kalee Limited

1917 - 1958
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
source; model railway maker

Richards, J P

1902 - 1999
active, c. 1930 - current (2009), manufacturer of water purification equipment, United Kingdom

The Permutit Company Limited

1912 - 1993
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
1909-1987, artist; writer; British

Hamilton Ellis, Cuthbert

1909 - 1987
1979-1998, consumer eelctronics, defence, music electricals company, Britain

Thorn EMI Electronics Ltd.

1979 - 1998
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1907-1927, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Rochester, New York

Folmer-Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak

1907 - 1945
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1920-1948, railway company, Haifa

Palestine Railways

1920 - 1948
1919-1995, multimedia publisher, educational film makers, Chicago

Society for Visual Education Inc.

1919 - 1995
active 1978-2003, manufacturer of safety and protective equipment, Wembley, England

Racal Safety Limited

1978 - 2003
1908-1964, toy manufacturer, Liverpool, England, British

Meccano Limited

1908 - 1964

Mundy-Castle, Alastair

1923 - 2015

Cantlie, Kenneth

1899 - 1986

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
first patient to receive insulin injections

Thompson, Leonard

1908 - 1935
1927-1989, manufacturer, London, England

AVO Limited

1927 - 1989
1949-2003, manufacturer of optics and imaging equipment, Japan

Olympus Optical Company Limited

1949 - 2003
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911
active 1954-1971, pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss parent

CIBA Laboratories Limited

1954 - 1971
1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978
1923-1956, ceramic manufacturer, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Scammell China Company

1923 - 1956
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000
1935-2008, electrical equipment designer and manufacturer: uses Panasonic as brand name, Japan

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

1935 - 2008

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1943; businessman, engineer, railway company director, railway industry body director

Muir, George Watson

1943
1899-current (2021), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899
1922-1978?, manufacturer of wireless (radio receiver) components and valves, Blackheath, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Burndept Limited

1922
1969- current (2012), manufacturer of meteorological instruments, Rustington, England

Shortland Bowen Instruments Limited

1969
1898- c 1935, film production company, cinematography and photographic equipment manufacturer, Hove, England (latter London)

Williamson Kinematograph Company Limited

1898
1903-current (2021), electronics and communications manufacturer, Berlin

Telefunken

1903
1962-current (2011), pharmaceutical product manufacturer, British

Dista Products Limited

1962
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958

Pledge, Humphrey Thomas

1903 - 1960

Bankart, Zoe Theodora

1909 - 1988