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Chillingworth, John

1928 - 2025
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
1909-1975, communications research, England

Post Office Engineering Research Station

1909 - 1975
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1935-2008, electrical equipment designer and manufacturer: uses Panasonic as brand name, Japan

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

1935 - 2008
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1925-current (2022), manufacturer of motion picture cameras and lenses, Switzerland

Paillard-Bolex

1925
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

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

Grass Instrument Company

1935
about 1923-active, railway company, Zambia

Mulobezi Railway

1923
1913-1936, aeroplane propeller design and manufacture, Weybridge, England, British

Lang Propeller Company Limited

1913 - 1936
1931-1979, recording & consumer electrical/electronic goods manufacturer, United Kingdom

Electric and Musical Industries Limited

1931 - 1979
1909-1915, film company, United Kingdom

Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited

1903 - 1915
active 1942-1987, research scientist

Elmes, P C

1921 - 2003
1913-2012, physicist; radio astronomer, British; English

Lovell, Sir Bernard

1913 - 2012
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
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
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
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
1918-1985, artist; cartoonist; illustrator, English; British

Hampson, Frank

1918 - 1985
photographer; 1922-2009; Germany; USA

Hofer, Evelyn

1922 - 2009
1916-1998, photographer, British

Hinde, John

1916 - 1998
1927-2007, television producer; television executive, British

Singer, Aubrey Edward

1927 - 2007
1923-2000, radio and television broadcaster, British

Day, Sir Robin

1923 - 2000
1909-1987, artist; writer; British

Hamilton Ellis, Cuthbert

1909 - 1987
1917-1995, pilot; amateur artist, British

Perrott, Geoffrey Alfred

1917 - 1995
1913-1984, photographer, British

Straker, Jean

1913 - 1984
1921-1979, artist; painter, British

Ellis, Gordon

1921 - 1979
1911-present, manufacturer, British

Record Electrical Co.

1911
1910-1999, first woman to receive a breast implant in Britain (1967), English

Shilling, Gertrude

1910 - 1999
active 1920-1970, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemical manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss co

Geigy (UK) Limited

1920 - 1970
1927-1969, promoter of health education, London, United Kingdom

Central Council for Health Education

1927 - 1969
1917-1953, British government department

Ministry of Pensions

1917 - 1953
1918-1937, prosthetic limb makers, Belfast, Northern Ireland

P & K Arm Limited

1918 - 1937
1916-1987, surgeon; inventor; British

Drew, Charles Edwin

1916 - 1987
b. 1911, physician; inventor, Dutch/American

Kolff, Willem Johann

1911 - 2009
1927-1984, manufacturer of radio equipment, British

Dynatron Radio Limited

1927 - 1981
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961
1921-1952, camera manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Franz Kochmann

1921 - 1952
1920-2004, poster artist, British

Tavener, Robert

1920 - 2004