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1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904

1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901

1790- about 1946, pencil manufacturer, Vienna

L&C Hardtmuth

1790 - 1946

active 1859-1995, hospital, Brighton

St Francis Hospital

1859 - 1995

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1988

1715-current (2017), pharmaceutical manufacturer, England, British

Allen & Hanburys Limited

1715

1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978

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

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, Welwyn Garden City, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962

Mallard, John R

1927

Mather & Platt Ltd

1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895

c1907 - present (2010), safety lamp manufacturer, Aberdare

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860

1898-1968, experimental pathologist; bacteriologist, Australian

Florey, Baron Florey, Howard Walter

1898 - 1968

1825-1893, neurologist; professor of anatomical pathology, French

Charcot, Jean Martin

1825 - 1893

1899-present, manufacturers, London

C. C. Wakefield and Company Limited

1899

c1970-current (2009), philatelic bureau and postal administration, Edinburgh

British Philatelic Bureau

1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657

1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947

1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

1920s-1970, Jigsaw puzzle maker, Boscombe

G J Hayter & Co Ltd

1929

1901-1951, optical, lens, camera and cinematographic equipment manufacturer, Birmingham

Aldis Brothers

1901 - 1951

1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946

1901-1987, electrical & electronic engineering equipment manufacturer, England, British

Ferranti Limited

1901 - 1987

1919-1995, multimedia publisher, educational film makers, Chicago

Society for Visual Education Inc.

1919 - 1995

1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958

active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981

1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986

c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723

1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810

W. E. Berry Ltd

BICC Ltd

1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

1871- active 1938, travel agents, London

Dean and Dawson Limited

1871

1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999

Whitcombe, Harold Arthur

1883 - 1943

1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859

Rotunda plc

active 1790-1940, hydrometer & mathematical instrument maker, optician, London, England

Dring and Fage

active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1944 - 1954

1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971

1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921