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Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1937-1996, entertainment conglomerate, Britain

Rank Organisation

1937 - 1996
1950-2000, radio communications, electronics manufacturer, British

Racal Electronics Plc

1950 - 2000
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
1950-2000, manufacturer car parts, electronics, consumer goods, Indianapolis

Arvin Industries Incorporated

1950 - 2000
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena, Jena

1905 - 1964
1943-2004, manufacturer of cryptographic and photographic equipment, Switzerland

Gretag AG

1943 - 2004
1945-1985, manufacturer of electronic equipment (acoustic devices), United Kingdom

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945
1945-1978, manufacturer of cathode ray tubes, optic and radiation sensors, England

Twentieth Century Electronics Limited

1945 - 1978
1952-1974, manufacturer of electronic equipment, Germany

Uher

1953 - 1974

Anthony Howard Wilson

1950 - 2007
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
1949-1983, camera manufacturer, Japan

Yashica

1949 - 1983
1942-2018, physicist, British

Stephen Hawking

1942 - 2018
1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968
1943-1948, manufacturer of aircraft and ballpoint pens, Reading, England

Miles Aircraft Co

1943 - 1948
c.1950-c.1982, recording equipment manufacturer, England

Reslosound Limited

1950 - 1982
Professor

Stephen William Hawking

1942 - 2018
1940s-1960s, sound equipment manufacturer, London

Lustraphone

1949 - 1969
1949-2003, manufacturer of optics and imaging equipment, Japan

Olympus Optical Company Limited

1949 - 2003
1945-2000, manufacturer of insulated cables, Helsby, England

British Insulated Callenders Cables Plc

1945 - 2000
c.1950-c.1975, public address equipment manufacturer, Middlesex, England

Grampian Reproducers Ltd.

1950 - 1975
1947-1990s; aircraft maintenance, manufacturer of electronic equipment; Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England

Airtech Ltd

1947 - 1999
1950-2006, photographer, Ireland

Bob Carlos

1950 - 2006
1941-1993, manufacturer of optical equipment; camera manufacturer, Russia

Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk

1941 - 1993
1947-2008, electronics manufacturer, Japanese

Sanyo

1947 - 2008
active 1947-c. 1997, manufacturer of printing plates,

Nickeloid Limited

1947 - 1998
1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom

British Railways

1948 - 1969
1947-1996, surgical orthopaedic applicance manufacturer, English

Howmedica (U-K) Limited

1947 - 1996
1938-1980, singer-songwriter, poet, actor, Russian, USSR

Vladimir Vysotsky

1938 - 1980
1948-1992, railway company region, Scotland

British Railways, Scottish Region

1948 - 1992
1944; railway employee, railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

David Rollin

1944 - 2021
1948-1992, railway regional authority, British

British Railways, Southern Region

1948 - 1992
1940-1990s, manufacturer of pharmaceutical preparations, Epsom, Surrey, England

Willows Francis Limited

1940 - 1997
1940-1952, potteries, Cobridge, England

North Staffordshire Pottery Company Limited

1940 - 1952

Public Health Laboratory Service

1946 - 2003
1944; transport employee, trade union member, trade union leader, Member of the House of Lords

Richard Andrew Rosser

1944 - 2024
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Adrian Lyons

1946
1946-1972, camera manufacturer, Germany

Dacora Kamerawerk

1946 - 1972
1948-1963, transport organisation, London

London Transport Executive

1948 - 1963
1940-2005, camera manufacturer, Japan

Mamiya

1940 - 2006
1941-1972, photographer, British; English

Tony Ray-Jones

1941 - 1972
artist; photographer; local historian

Roger Birch

1941 - 2013
artist; photographer

Cutting, Laurence

1939 - 2013
Mr

Robert Leo Gretton

1953 - 1999