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

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1920-1982, manufacturer of radio, television, military and scientific equipment, Slough, England

McMichael Limited

1920 - 1982
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977
1909-1975, communications research, England

Post Office Engineering Research Station

1909 - 1975
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
1903-1967, biologist, researcher, American

Pincus, Gregory Goodwin

1903 - 1967
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
active 1902-1990, surgical and medical equipment maker, Leeds, England

Charles F Thackray Limited

1902 - 1990
1922-1978?, manufacturer of wireless (radio receiver) components and valves, Blackheath, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Burndept Limited

1922
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907
1903-1940s , camera manufacturer, retailer, Westminster, London, England

Westminster Photographic Exchange Limited

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

Telefunken

1903
photographer; 1922-2009; Germany; USA

Hofer, Evelyn

1922 - 2009
1916-1998, photographer, British

Hinde, John

1916 - 1998
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
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
1904-1965, ornithologist, photographer, documentary filmmaker; writer, Scottish

Rankin, Niall

1904 - 1965
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
1903-1996, railway employee, British

Judson, Stanley

1903 - 1996
1914-1983, collector

Berry, Geoffrey C

1914 - 1983
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
1910-1977, neurophysiologist, inventor, Cambridge, England, British

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977
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
1903-1967, manufacturers of iron and steel tubes, England

Stewarts and Lloyds Limited

1903 - 1967
1921-2013, film animator, British; Australian born

Godfrey, Bob

1921 - 2013
1906-1992, scientist; university teacher, English; British

Sutton, Leslie Ernest

1906 - 1992
1914-1994, psychologist, psychology researcher, author, United States, American

Edwards, Allen L

1914 - 1994

Dall, Horace

1901 - 1984

Moss, John F.

1905 - 1906
1918-1985, artist; cartoonist; illustrator, English; British

Hampson, Frank

1918 - 1985
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

Pledge, Humphrey Thomas

1903 - 1960

Bankart, Zoe Theodora

1909 - 1988