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active 1900s-2009, manufacturer of dyestuffs, Bromborough, England

Brotherton and Company Limited

1900 - 2009
1921-1967, land and water speed record-holder, British

Campbell, Donald Malcolm

1921 - 1967
active 1930-1997, pharamcuetical manufacturer, British

Bencard Pharmaceuticals Limited

1930 - 1997
1934-1958, photo-reportage magazine, British

Weekly Illustrated/Illustrated

1934 - 1958
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
1921-1954, x-ray and electro-mechanical apparatus manufacturer, Holborn, London, England, British

A E Dean and Company Limited

1921 - 1954

Schumm, James Barry

1926 - 2021
1901-1987, electrical & electronic engineering equipment manufacturer, England, British

Ferranti Limited

1901 - 1987
active 1904-1948, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Adam Hilger Limited

1904 - 1945

Hughes, Hugh

1916 - 1998
1874-1968, photographic chemist; manufacturer of photographic apparatus; camera manufacturer, Manchester, England

J T Chapman Limited

1907 - 1968
1935-1992, manufacturer of railway signalling equipment, England

Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company

1935 - 19922

Moutray, J H

1919 - 1997

Campbell, Donald Malcolm

1921 - 1967

Lawrence, John Stewart (M.B., Ch.B., M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.)

1908 - 1996

Eatock, Daniel

1908 - 1984

Turing, Alan (Mathison)

1912 - 1954

Haigh, Donald

1924 - 2003

Bradbury, Ronald Roy

1929 - 1994

Harvey, Bryan H (CBE)

1915 - 2004

Orrell, Joseph Harold

1903 - 1988

Bader, Sir Douglas Robert Steuart

1910 - 1982

Nurnberg, Walter

1907 - 1991

Ripper, William

1905 - 1905

Sparkes, Curtis A

1905 - 2002

Keith, George Frederick

1913 - 1970

Dowling, John

1924 - 1995

Bracegirdle, Brian

1933 - 2015

Lumb, Edna

1931 - 1992

Wainwright, Trevor Douglas

1922 - 2011

Chaloner, William Henry

1914 - 1987

Munro, Ian Hislop (Ph.D)

1935 - 2022

Prince, Harry Rodwell

1912 - 2008

Ainscow, George Frederick

1913 - 2013

Warrington, Walter

1934 - 1999

Willis, Stanley

1912 - 2002

Beevers, Cecil Arnold (DSc., FInstP; FRSE)

1908 - 2001

John Wood and Sons

1902 - 1949
1901-1940, medical instrument manufacturer, London, England

S Maw Son & Sons Limited

1901 - 1940
1909-1995, make-up artist, United Kingdom

Ashton, Roy

1909 - 1995
1900-1998, electrical/electronic measurement instrument manufacturer, England

Marconi Instruments Limited

1900 - 1998

Squires, John (Jack)

1923 - 2014
1935-1989, manufacturer of fire & smoke detection equipment & gas cylinders, Colnbrook, England

Walter Kidde Company Limited

1935 - 1989
1908-1964, toy manufacturer, Liverpool, England, British

Meccano Limited

1908 - 1964
1925-1988, electronic component manufacturer, England

Mullard Limited

1925 - 1988
1907-2002, crystallographer, Irish

Megaw, Helen Dick

1907 - 2002
1933-1969, railway company, United Kingdom

Longmoor Military Railway

1933 - 1969
1914-1948, railway company, United Kingdom

North Devon & Cornwall Junction Light Railway

1914 - 1948