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1725-1797, politician, English

Wilkes, John

1725 - 1797

1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Woulfe, Peter

1727 - 1805

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

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

1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793

1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809

1721-1788, artist; painter, British

Wilson, Benjamin

1721 - 1788

c. 1717-1786, artist; printmaker; anatomist, French

Gautier d'Agoty, Jacques-Fabien

1717 - 1786

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

1726-1776, physician; encyclopedist, French

Roux, Augustin

1726 - 1776

1705-1779, portrait artist, Swedish

Brander, Fredrik

1705 - 1779

1704-1767, artist; engraver, German

Haid, Johann Jakob

1704 - 1767

1710-1790, chemist; physician, Scottish; British

Cullen, William

1710 - 1790

1708-1787, painter; draughtsman, Italian

Batoni, Pompeo

1708 - 1787

1709-1782, engineer, French

Vaucanson, Jacques de

1709 - 1782

1725-1792, sculptor, French

Caffiéri, Jean-Jacques

1725 - 1792

1723-1810, artist; printmaker; engraver; army officer, Irish

Baillie, William

1723 - 1810

(bap.) 1718-1792, first Baron Rodney; naval officer; politician, British

Rodney, George Bridges

1718 - 1792

ca. 1722-1782, mezzotint engraver, Irish

Fisher, Edward

1722 - 1782

1720-1793, naturalist; philosopher; lawyer, Swiss

Bonnet, Charles

1720 - 1793

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

1723 - 1792

Lethieullier, Smart

1701 - 1760

c. 1712-1777, painter; artist, English; British

Cleveley, John

1712 - 1777

1704-1781/1782, inventor of the flying shuttle, English; British

Kay, John

1704 - 17811782

1711-1788, active 1748-1776, optician, Edinburgh & London, Scottish; British

Short, Thomas

1711 - 1788

1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

1728 - 1808

1717-1783, mathematician; mechanician; physicist; philosopher; music theorist, French

D'Alembert, Jean Le Rond

1717 - 1783

1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789

1706-1790, natural philosopher; writer; revolutionary politican, American

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

1707-1801, national government, British

Parliament of Great Britain

1707

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782

1729-1799, priest; physiologist; biologist, Italian

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

1729 - 1799

active 1735-1790, chronometer maker; watchmaker, London, England

Kendall, Larcum

1719 - 1790

1709-1780, landscape engraver, French-born; British

Vivares, Francis

1709 - 1780

active 1715-1780, manufacturer of ceramics, French

Hustin

1715 - 1780

1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Diderot, Denis

1713 - 1784

1703-1781, surgeon, French

Côme, Frère

1703 - 1781

1716-1781, physicist, Italian

Beccaria, Giambatista

1716 - 1781

1724-1773, physician; writer, Scottish

Gregory, John

1724 - 1773

1716-1791, surgeon, Scottish, British

Rae, James

1716 - 1791

1730-1813, dentist; born Italy; naturalised British

Ruspini, Bartholomew

1730 - 1813

1717-1780, Empress of Austria

Maria Theresa

1717 - 1780