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Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
professional engineer, pianist, broadcasting star, writer

Wayne, Arthur

1905 - 1971
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1922-1964, manufacturer and supplier of razors and washing machines, London, England

Rolls Razor Limited

1922 - 1964
1907-1993, active 1950s, poster artist; illustrator, British

Brookshaw, Percy Drake

1907 - 1993
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1901-1951, optical, lens, camera and cinematographic equipment manufacturer, Birmingham

Aldis Brothers

1901 - 1951
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1923-1956, ceramic manufacturer, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Scammell China Company

1923 - 1956

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1929-?, hearing aid manufacturer, London

Fortiphone Ltd

1929
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907
1903-, manufacturer of scientific instruments, Acton, London; Watford, England

S G Brown Limited

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

Telefunken

1903
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958
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
1903-1996, railway employee, British

Judson, Stanley

1903 - 1996
1935-2010, cosmonaut, Russian

Sevastyanov, Vitaly Ivanovich

1935 - 2010
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
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
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
1903-1967, manufacturers of iron and steel tubes, England

Stewarts and Lloyds Limited

1903 - 1967
1906-1992, scientist; university teacher, English; British

Sutton, Leslie Ernest

1906 - 1992
1921-2013, film animator, British; Australian born

Godfrey, Bob

1921 - 2013
1914-1994, psychologist, psychology researcher, author, United States, American

Edwards, Allen L

1914 - 1994

Dall, Horace

1901 - 1984

Moss, John F.

1905 - 1906

Ripper, William

1905 - 1905

Munro, Ian Hislop (Ph.D)

1935 - 2022

Pledge, Humphrey Thomas

1903 - 1960

Bankart, Zoe Theodora

1909 - 1988

Twelves, John Anthony

1941 - 1996

Wainwright, Trevor Douglas

1922 - 2011

Irving, Ronald Nicholas

1915 - 2005