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1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
129-199 or 216 CE, physician; writer; philosopher, Greek

Galen

129 CE - 216 CE
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1960-1986, supplier of chemicals, Poole, England

BDH Chemicals Limited

1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1806-1875, neurologist, France

Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand

1806 - 1875

Herbert Morris Ltd

1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931

Flamel, Nicolas

1330 - 1418
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Chillingworth, John

1928 - 2025

GEC Alsthom Limited

English Electric Company Limited

Rickett, Thomas

1825
b. 1946, astronomer, Ukrainian

Zhuravleva, Lyudmila

1946
b 1959, photographer, television and film maker, Portland, Oregon

MacMillan, Tim

1959
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874

Hick, Hargreaves and Company Limited

Peter Brotherhood Limited

The Burden Neurological Institute

maker? 1931; railway employee, railway manager, railway passenger manager, railway company director

Ward, David H.

active, 1900s-1968, optical instrument maker, Ealing, London, England

W Ottway and Company Limited

GEC Turbine Generators Ltd

British Railways Board

clockmaker, London, 1830 - c1980s

John Walker

1700s-1790s? button makers, Birmingham, England

Smith and Wright Limited

active 1920s, poster artist

Kerr, T D

Collectors Corner

active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865