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Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

1710-1768, active 1734-1768, optical instrument maker, British; Scottish

Short, James

1710 - 1768

active 1720-?, surgical instrument maker, English?

Savigny and Company

1720

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

1709-1794, active 1761-1790, silversmith, English; British

Bateman, Hester

1709 - 1794

1706-1775, ceramic modeller, German

Kändler, Johann Joachim

1706 - 1775

1727-1807, watchmaker, Paris, France, Swiss

Berthoud, Ferdinand

1727 - 1807

1730-1809, sculptor, French

Pajou, Augustin

1730 - 1809

active 1714-1796, watchmaker, Paris, France

Romilly, John

1714 - 1796

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

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

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

1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765

1708-1772, active 1731-1770, optician, optical instrument & microscope maker and seller, London, England, English

Cuff, John

1708 - 1772

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

Godfrey, Richard Bernard

1728

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

Brown, Capability

1716 - 1783

active 1749-1783, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Sisson, Jeremiah

1720 - 1783

1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792

1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Warner, Joseph

1717 - 1801

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

1709-1777, poet; dramatist, French

Gresset, Jean-Baptiste-Louis

1709 - 1777

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

1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Woulfe, Peter

1727 - 1805

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809

1709-1776, active 1745-1776, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Bird, John

1709 - 1776

1730-1774?, physician; French

Le Thieullier, Louis Pierre Felix Rene

1730 - 1774

1711-1756, optical instrument maker, German (Prussian)

Mittsdorfer, Johan Georg

1711 - 1756

1726-1765, printmaker; artist; draughtsman; engraver, British

Walker, Anthony

1726 - 1765

1710-1767, 10th Earl of Buchan; draughtsman; engraver, Scottish

Erskine, Henry David

1710 - 1767

1730-1805; artist; engraver, portrait painter; French

Huquier, Jacques-Gabriel

1730 - 1805

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

Burlini, Biasio

1709 - 1771

1729-1808, medallist, Dutch

Holtzhey, Johann Georg

1729 - 1808

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

1704-1764, astronomer; assay-master at the mint, London, England, Welsh

Harris, Joseph

1704

active 1770s-1780s, marine chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Emery, Josiah

1725 - 1794

1730-1805, merchant; amateur astronomer, English; British

Aubert, Alexander

1730 - 1805

1706-1775, printer and typefounder, English; British

Baskerville, John

1706 - 1775