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1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Willis, Francis

1718 - 1807

1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

Hargreaves, James

1720 - 1778

1721-1793, physician; surgeon, English; British

Mudge, John

1721 - 1793

1721-1788, artist; painter, British

Wilson, Benjamin

1721 - 1788

1723-1792, artist; art theorist, English; British

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

1723 - 1792

1704-1764, clock maker (NOT the inventor of the the flying shuttle), English

Kay, John

1704 - 1764

1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772

1726-1776, architect, British

Keene, Henry

1726 - 1776

1703-1781, surgeon, French

Côme, Frère

1703 - 1781

1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Brambilla, Giovanni Alessandro

1728 - 1800

active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783

1714-1786, second earl of Stanhope, peer, English; British

Stanhope, Philip

1714 - 1786

1703-1791, Church of England clergyman; founder of Methodism, English

Wesley, John

1703 - 1791

bap.1706-1737, bone-setter, English

Mapp, Mrs. Sarah

1706 - 1737

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

1710-1782, natural philosopher; astronomer, British

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

1730-1819, artist; medallist, French

Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin

1730 - 1819

active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Vulliamy, Justin

1712 - 1797

b. 1728-fl. 1786, artist; engraver; printmaker, English

Godfrey, Richard Bernard

1728

Model, scale1:60, of the last of the 'Bucentaurs', the state barge of the Doge of Venice (1727), restored by RJ Collins

Model of Doge of Venice's State Barge, "Bucentaur"

Water Transport

1727-1728

1729-1786, philosopher, German; Jewish

Mendelssohn, Moses

1729 - 1786

1720-1804, engraver, British

Boydell, John

1720 - 1804

1711-1751, royalty; Prince of Nassau and Orange, Dutch

Willem Karel Hendrik Friso

1711 - 1751

c1716-1788, active 1756-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1716 - 1788

1701-1779, artist; portrait painter; art collector, English

Hudson, Thomas

1701 - 1779

1728-1812, physician; naturalist, German

Bruckmann, Urban Friedrich Benedict

1728 - 1812

1720-1788, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jacobite claimant to English, Irish and Scottish throne, Italian

Stuart, Charles Edward

1720 - 1788

1715-1759, medallist, Swiss

Dassier, Jacques-Antoine

1715 - 1759

1712-1789, philanthropic educator, French

l'Epee, Charles Michel de

1712 - 1789

1723-1798, architect; draughtsman, English; British

Sandby, Thomas

1723 - 1798

1703-1772, itinerant oculist, English

Taylor, John

1703 - 1772

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

Roy, William

1726 - 1790

1728-1779, explorer, navigator; mariner; cartographer, English; British

Cook, Captain James

1728 - 1779

1706-1775, ceramic modeller, German

Kändler, Johann Joachim

1706 - 1775

1730-1809, sculptor, French

Pajou, Augustin

1730 - 1809

bap 1716-1783, landscape gardener; architect, English; British

Brown, Capability

1716 - 1783

1728-1799, chemist; physician, French-born; Irish/British

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

active 1740-1760, optician, optical instrument maker, Italian

Burlini, Biasio

1709 - 1771

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

1729-1808, medallist, Dutch

Holtzhey, Johann Georg

1729 - 1808

1720-1778, industrialist; entomologist, Swedish

Geer, Carl de

1720 - 1778

1718-1791, physician, Irish

Quin, Henry

1718 - 1791

Warner, Joseph

1717 - 1801

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

1720/24-1767, artist, landscape painter, Derby, England, English, British

Smith, Thomas

1724 - 1767

1701-1770, Italian

Cervi, Joseph

1701 - 1770

1727-1815, engraver, Italian; active UK

Bartolozzi, Francesco

1727 - 1815

1715-1795, Moravian minister; bookseller, English; British

Hutton, James

1715 - 1795

1725-1797, politician, English

Wilkes, John

1725 - 1797