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Born August 21, 1879 • England
Died August 19, 1959 (aged 79) • Nice • France

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Sir Francis Chichester
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Matthew Boulton, detail of an engraving by William Sharp after a portrait by William Beachey, 18th century
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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
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John Kay, detail of a lithograph by Madeley
John Kay
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Sir Charles Tilston Bright, detail of a lithograph, 1850
Sir Charles Tilston Bright
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Arthur William Sidney Herrington
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Henry Maudslay
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Sir Robert Dudley
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