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1936-1961, telephone and electrical equipment manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, British

Automatic Telephone and Electric Company Limited

1936 - 1961
1930-1979, steel manufacturer, Manchester

Lancashire Steel Corporation

1930 - 1979
1930-1998, manufacturer, Sheffield

Firth Brown Steels

1930 - 1998
1934-2005, synthesiser pioneer; inventor of the theremin, American

Moog, Robert A

1934 - 2005
1920-2012, photographer, British

Lucas, Cornel

1920 - 2012
1935-1946, navy, German

Germany Kriegsmarine

1935 - 1946
1932-1964, camera maker, New York

Universal Camera Corporation

1932 - 1964
1932-1986, radio and television receiver manufacturer, London

Bush Radio Limited

1932 - 1986
1923-2000, research pathologist, South African-born; British

Wagner, Christopher

1923 - 2000
1919-2008, explorer, mountaineer, New Zealander

Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival

1919 - 2008
1948-1963, transport organisation, London

London Transport Executive

1948 - 1963
1920-1971, camera manufacturer, Wiesbaden

Wirgin

1920 - 1971
1925-1970, game manufacturer, Leeds

Universal Playing Card Co Ltd

1925 - 1970
1932-1936, telephone and electrical equipment manufacturer, Liverpool, England

Automatic Electric Co.

1932 - 1936
1951-about 1992, computer manufacturer, Massachusetts, United States

Wang Laboratories Inc

1951 - 1992
1934-1947, airline, British

Railway Air Services

1934 - 1947
1935-1988, copywriter; children's author; illustrator, British

Hargreaves, Roger

1935 - 1988
1920-2008, physicist, British

Pippard, Sir Brian

1920 - 2008
1923-1956, ceramic manufacturer, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Scammell China Company

1923 - 1956
1921-2007, physicist; molecular biologist; behavioural geneticist, American

Benzer, Seymour

1921 - 2007
1949-, railway company, Germany

German Federal Railroad

1949 - 1994
1921-2004, industrialist, English; British

Pearce, Sir Austin William

1921 - 2004
1922-2008, oceanographer; engineer; deep sea explorer; hydronaut, Swiss

Piccard, Jacques

1922 - 2008
active 1933-1954, partnership of Le Witt and Him, poster artist; graphic designer, Polish, active UK

Le Witt-Him

1933 - 1954
1919-1997, computer designer, British

Pinkerton, John M M

1919 - 1997
1920-1981, electrical engineer, South African

Wadley, Trevor Lloyd

1920 - 1981
1932-1966, manufacturer of x-ray machines, German

Siemens-Reiniger-Werke AG

1932 - 1966
active 1955 and 1993-2007, manufacturer of business machines, United Kingdom

Grundig UK Limited

1955 - 2007
1918-?, manufacturer of carburettors, Birmingham, England

Cox Carburetters Limited

1918 - 1931
1923-1997, physiologist, joint 1963 Nobel Prize Winner with Hodgkin and Huxley, England

Eccles, Sir John Carew

1923 - 1997
1936-1980, dentist?, British

Boyle, Horace Hayman

1936 - 1980
1927-2012, manufacturer of digital cinema and television equipment, England

Cintel

1927 - 2012
1926-1960, manufacturer of electrical & electronic radio and tv equipment, Southend-on-Sea, England

E K Cole Limited

1926 - 1960
1919-1954, vacuum pump manufacturer and supplier, London & Crawley, England

Edwards and Company

1919 - 1954
colour film manufacturers; 1932-1954; USA

Cinecolor Corporation

1932 - 1954
Manufacturer of photographic and cinematographic film

Spicer-Dufay Limited

1932 - 1933
c 1953-c 1957, camera manufacturer, Tokyo

Crystar

1953 - 1957
1931-2001, active 1955-95, nuclear research scientist, British

Hall, John William

1931 - 2001
1949-1974, manufacturers of chewing (bubble) gum, United Kingdom

A and B C

1949 - 1974
1924-1995, export executive, Polish

Pilecki, Wojciech Stanislaw

1924 - 1995
about 1951-1972, manufacturer, Belgium and France

Krautkramer

1951 - 1972
1947-1968, steel manufactuer, Swansea

Steel Company of Wales

1947 - 1968
1921-2008, psychologist; psychology researcher, Nebraska, United States, American

Holland, John L.

1919 - 2008
1926-1975, computer scientist, British

Gill, Stanley

1926 - 1975

Mather, David Carol Macdonald

1919 - 2006
1935-1994, illustrator (for The Eagle); comic strip artist, British

Watson, Keith

1935 - 1994
1926-1998, poster printer; printer; lithographer; publisher, Nottingham, England

Thomas Forman and Sons Limited

1926 - 1998
photographer;

Griffiths, Kenneth

1945 - 2014
1944; transport employee, trade union member, trade union leader, Member of the House of Lords

Rosser, Lord Richard Andrew

1944 - 2024
1945-1985, manufacturer of electronic equipment (acoustic devices), United Kingdom

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945