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

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000

Chillingworth, John

1928 - 2025
b. 1946, astronomer, Ukrainian

Zhuravleva, Lyudmila

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

Grass Instrument Company

1935

Wright, Elsie

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

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998

Wilson, Anthony Howard

1950 - 2007
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1899-1955, poster artist

Howard, Norman

1899 - 1955
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1935-2008, electrical equipment designer and manufacturer: uses Panasonic as brand name, Japan

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

1935 - 2008
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1946; railway employee, railway clerk, railway manager, railway company director

Eccles, Graham

1946
1903-current (2021), electronics and communications manufacturer, Berlin

Telefunken

1903
1925-current (2022), manufacturer of motion picture cameras and lenses, Switzerland

Paillard-Bolex

1925
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923
active 1939-current (2010), research institute, British

The Burden Neurological Institute

1939
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
1913-1936, aeroplane propeller design and manufacture, Weybridge, England, British

Lang Propeller Company Limited

1913 - 1936
1907-1957, manufacturer of motorcycles, Kingswood, Bristol, England

Douglas (Kingswood) Limited

1907 - 1957
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
active 1942-1987, research scientist

Elmes, P C

1921 - 2003

Davies, E. Arnold

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

Rolls-Royce Limited

1904 - 1973
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