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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
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1950-2000, radio communications, electronics manufacturer, British

Racal Electronics Plc

1950 - 2000
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1950-2000, manufacturer car parts, electronics, consumer goods, Indianapolis

Arvin Industries Incorporated

1950 - 2000
1943-1959, newspaper owners including Sunday Times, newspaper printers, England, British

Kemsley Newspapers Limited

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

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945
1947-current (2011), biochemist, pathologist, Colombian

Patarroyo, Manuel Elkin

1946
1943-2004, manufacturer of cryptographic and photographic equipment, Switzerland

Gretag AG

1943 - 2004
1946; railway employee, railway clerk, railway manager, railway company director

Eccles, Graham

1946
1945-current (2010), manufacturer of consumer electronics, Nuremberg, Germany

Grundig

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

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1905 - 1964
born 1949, photographer and photojornalist, UK

Knott, Herbie

1949
1945-1978, manufacturer of cathode ray tubes, optic and radiation sensors, England

Twentieth Century Electronics Limited

1945 - 1978
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961
1942-2018, physicist, British

Hawking, Stephen

1942 - 2018
1949-1983, camera manufacturer, Japan

Yashica

1949 - 1983
1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968
Founded 1966, artist collective, Japan

Computer Technique Group

1912
1949; railway employee, railway manager, railway project manager, railway industry body director, railway consultant, railway manager

Benham, Philip Martin

1949
1946; railway employee, railway manager, railway passenger manager, railway company director

Warburton, Ivor William

1908
1939-1990, optical and image processing equipment manufacturer, Delft

Oldelft

1939

Hawking, Stephen William

1942 - 2018
1944; railway employee, railway manager, railway freight manager, railway company director

Worrall, Terence Paul

1944
1945-2000, manufacturer of insulated cables, Helsby, England

British Insulated Callenders Cables Plc

1945 - 2000
1943-1948, manufacturer of aircraft and ballpoint pens, Reading, England

Miles Aircraft Co

1943 - 1948
1941-1993, manufacturer of optical equipment; camera manufacturer, Russia

Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk

1941 - 1993
c.1950-c.1982, recording equipment manufacturer, England

Reslosound Limited

1950 - 1982
1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom

British Railways

1948 - 1969
active 1939-current (2010), research institute, British

The Burden Neurological Institute

1939
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

Carlos Clarke, Bob

1950 - 2006
1949-2003, manufacturer of optics and imaging equipment, Japan

Olympus Optical Company Limited

1949 - 2003
1946; businessman, banker, government railway body director

Salmon, Roger

1946
1940s-1960s, sound equipment manufacturer, London

Lustraphone

1949 - 1969
1945; clergy, personnel manager, railway personnel manager, clergy

Deboo, Alan John

1945
1949-current, manufacturer of anaesthetic equipment, Keighley, England

Cyprane

1949
1947-2008, electronics manufacturer, Japanese

Sanyo

1947 - 2008
1948-1992, railway regional authority, British

British Railways, Southern Region

1948 - 1992
active 1947-c. 1997, manufacturer of printing plates,

Nickeloid Limited

1947 - 1998
1944; railway signalling engineer, railway manager, railway planning manager, railway company director, civil servant

Reed, Malcolm C.

1944
1939-current (2011), pro-provost; chairman; director, English; British

Cossons, Sir Neil

1939
Nancy Honey is a UK based American Photographer, her work draws on personal themes such as motherhood, sexuality, power and ageing. Honey was Fellow of Photography at the National Museum of Photography Film and Television in 1991-1992. Since then, Honey has exhibited and published widely, and her work is held by major photography collections in the UK, US and Europe.

Honey, Nancy

1948
1944; transport employee, trade union member, trade union leader, Member of the House of Lords

Rosser, Lord Richard Andrew

1944 - 2024
1948-1992, railway company region, Scotland

British Railways, Scottish Region

1948 - 1992