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1922-1964, manufacturer and supplier of razors and washing machines, London, England

Rolls Razor Limited

1922 - 1964
photographer; 1923-2005; USA

Bryson, John

1923 - 2005
1900-1995, manufacturer of earthenware; manufacturer of majolica, Stoke on Trent, England

Grimwades Limited

1900 - 1995
1929-2004, cosmonaut, Chuvashia

Nikolayev, Andriyan

1929 - 2004
1907-1976, active 1930s-1960s?, cartoonist; architect; poster artist; writer, British; born in Burma

Acanthus

1907 - 1976
1927-1971, manufacturer of dyestuffs, Blackley, Manchester, England

Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Dyestuffs Division

1927 - 1971
1955-1964, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Ridgway Potteries Limited

1955 - 1964
1931-2017, artist; painter; poster artist, wildlife artist, British

Shepherd, David

1931 - 2017
1947-1988, road transport company, British

British Road Services

1947 - 1988
1907-1972, components manufacturer, Warwick

Eagle Engineering Co

1907 - 1972
1907-2001, photographer, British

Muspratt, Helen

1907 - 2001
1908/1912-2000, documentary and portrait photographer, German

Freund, Gisele

1908 - 2000
c.1920-1939, radio and battery manufacturer and retailer, London

Amplion Limited

1920 - 1939
1917-2014, graphic designer; illustrator; poster artist; printmaker; painter, Czech born, active United Kingdom

Dekk, Dorrit

1917 - 2014
1922-1938, aircraft manufacturer, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Dornier-Metallbauten GmbH

1922 - 1938
1904-1982, painter; artist; poster artist, British

Wilcox, Leslie Arthur

1904 - 1982
1930-1949, television parts manufacturers, British

Scophony Limited

1930 - 1949
1958-1983, microfiche manufacturer, London

Scottish Instruments Limited

1958 - 1983
1936-1984, camera manufacturer, Germany

Kamerawerke King KG

1936 - 1984
artist; photographer; local historian

Birch, Roger

1941 - 2013
1910-1927, synthetic lacquer manufacturer, Birmingham, England, English; British

Damard Lacquer Company Limited

1910 - 1927
1919-2010, conceptual artist; graphic artist; mural artist, American

McCall, Robert T

1919 - 2010
1906-1988, physicist, electron microscope pioneer, German

Ruska, Ernst August Friedrich

1906 - 1988
active about 1920-1935, manufacturer of radio valves, Harrow, Middlesex, England, British

Hivac Limited

1920 - 1935
1913-2009, social documentary photographer, Welsh

Forsyth, James

1913 - 2009
1939-1981, cine camera and projector manufacturer, St Etienne

Heurtier et Cie

1939 - 1981
1916-2004, physicist; molecular biologist; neuroscientist, British

Crick, Francis

1916 - 2004
1913-1971, physician; professor of anatomy, British

Harris, Geoffrey Wingfield

1913 - 1971
active 1979-2003, marine engineers, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, British

Woodcoxon Engineering (International) Limited

1979 - 2003
1914-1990, graphic designer; poster artist, German born; British

Henrion, Frédéric Henri Kay

1914 - 1990
photographer; 1955-1989; UK

Fani-Kayode, Rotimi

1955 - 1989
1901-1954, theoretical physicist, Italian; American

Fermi, Enrico

1901 - 1954
1911-1991, singer and songwriter, England

Hill, Ronald Sidney

1911 - 1991
1958-1978, railway company, Isle of Man

Manx Electric Railway Board

1958 - 1978
1908-1973, documentary photographer, Austrian-born; British

Tudor-Hart, Edith

1908 - 1973
1904-1983, documentary photographer, German born; active UK

Brandt, Bill

1904 - 1983
1978-2011, aircraft carrier, Royal Navy, British

HMS Ark Royal

1978 - 2011
1907-1996, aeronautical engineer; inventor of the jet engine, British; English

Whittle, Sir Frank

1907 - 1996
1966-1996, brand-name for British Rail's long-haul express passenger services

InterCity

1966 - 1996
1902-1974, aviator, American

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus

1902 - 1974
1908-1936, manufacturer of aeroplanes, France

Farman Aviation Works

1908 - 1936
1902-1983, designer; illustrator; poster artist, British

Fraser, Eric George

1902 - 1983
1941-1982, naval air squadron, United Kingdom

809 Squadron (Fleet Air Arm)

1941 - 1982
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
active 1945-current, London, manufacturer

Megatron Limited

1945
1910-1983, jewelry dealers, plastics and camera manufacturers, Birmingham

E Elliot Limited

1910 - 1983
1950-present, society, British

Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society

1950
1944-1991; photographer; UK

Perry, Roger

1944 - 1991
1902-1979, cartoonist; illustrator, Welsh; British

Illingworth, Leslie Gilbert

1902 - 1979
1907-1993, active 1950s, poster artist; illustrator, British

Brookshaw, Percy Drake

1907 - 1993