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active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
1917-1958, manufacturer of projectors and cine equipment, Leeds, United Kingdom

Kalee Limited

1917 - 1958
1919-1995, multimedia publisher, educational film makers, Chicago

Society for Visual Education Inc.

1919 - 1995
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1910-1936, manufacturer of ball bearings, Luton, England

Skefco Ball Bearing Company

1910 - 1936
active, c. 1930 - current (2009), manufacturer of water purification equipment, United Kingdom

The Permutit Company Limited

1912 - 1993

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977
about 1918-2010, artist, British

Rita Bronowski

1918 - 2010
1920-1958, crystallographer, British; English

Franklin, Rosalind

1920 - 1958
active 1908-1997, manufacturer of bras, American

S H Camp and Company

1908 - 1997
1891-active 1940s, silversmith; medalmaker, England

Alexander Clark Manufacturing Company Limited

1912
1910-2003, manufacturer of bicycles, Aston, Birmingham, England, British

Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited

1910 - 2003
1915-1922, scientific instrument maker, London, England

Troughton and Simms Limited

1915 - 1922
1920-1982, manufacturer of radio, television, military and scientific equipment, Slough, England

McMichael Limited

1920 - 1982
active 1920-1970, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemical manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss co

Geigy (UK) Limited

1920 - 1970
1918-2000, steam engineer; manufacturer of stationary engines, Grantham, English; British

Ruston and Hornsby Limited

1918 - 2000
1910-1994, chemist; crystallographer, British

Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot

1910 - 1994
1908-1992, photographer, England

Topham, John

1908 - 1992
active 1916-1972, telegraphic, telephonic and telecommunication equipment manufacturer, Glasgow, Scotland; Croydon, Surrey, England, British

Creed and Company Limited

1912
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1905 - 1964
1909-1926, camera maufacturer, German

Ica AG

1909 - 1926

Bonavia, Michael

1909 - 1999
1919- c1965, electrical instrument manufacturer, Weybridge, Surrey

Peto Scott Electrical Instruments

1919 - 1965
active 1910-1963, microscopes & microtomes manufacturer, Vienna, Austria

C Reichert, Optische Werke AG

1909 - 1972
1909-1987, artist; writer; British

Hamilton Ellis, Cuthbert

1909 - 1987
b. 1913, active 1930s-1970s, poster artist; commercial artist, British

Lander, Reginald Montague

1913
1911-present, manufacturer, British

Record Electrical Co.

1911
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961

Shipton, Harold William

1920 - 2007
1914-1956, writing pen and ink manufacturer, London, England, British

Mabie, Todd and Company Limited

1914
1908-1996, hospital, Alton, Hampshire, England, British

Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital

1908
1913-1960, electrical switchgear manufacturer, Openshaw, Manchester

Ferguson Pailin Limited

1913 - 1960

Dawson, George Duncan

1912 - 1983
Founded 1966, artist collective, Japan

Computer Technique Group

1912
1946; railway employee, railway manager, railway passenger manager, railway company director

Warburton, Ivor William

1908
1915-2001, electronic test equipment manufacturer, Massachusetts, US

General Radio Company

1915 - 2001
c.1920-1939, radio and battery manufacturer and retailer, London

Amplion Limited

1920 - 1939
1911-1969, Engineering Society, London

Institution of Locomotive Engineers

1911 - 1969
1911-1932, telephone exchange manufacturer, Liverpool, England

Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Company

1911 - 1932
first patient to receive insulin injections

Thompson, Leonard

1908 - 1935
active 1917-current (2009), ophthalmic instrument maker, London & Windsor, England

Keeler Instruments Limited

1917
1919-current (2018), game manufacturers, London, England, British

H P Gibson and Sons Limited

1919
1910-1999, first woman to receive a breast implant in Britain (1967), English

Shilling, Gertrude

1910 - 1999
1910-2002?, hospital, Farnborough Common, Orpington, England

Farnborough Hospital

1910 - 2002
(1839)1919-1972, photographic retailer; pharmacist, London, England

Wallace Heaton Limited

1919 - 1972
1913-1984, photographer, British

Straker, Jean

1913 - 1984
1910-current (2011); film developer, camera manufacturer, pump manufacturer, London

Williamson Manufacturing Company Limited

1910
1917-current (2022), motion picture equipment manufacturer, Germany

Arri

1917

Smith, Audrey

1915 - 1981