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1723-1781, apothecary; chemist, British

Dalmahoy, Alexander

1723 - 1781

1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792

1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809

active 1714-1796, watchmaker, Paris, France

Romilly, John

1714 - 1796

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

Sisson, Jeremiah

1720 - 1783

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

Emery, Josiah

1725 - 1794

1709/10-1783, Pinchbeck the younger, clock-maker; watchmaker, British

Pinchbeck, Christopher

1709 - 1783

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

Aubert, Alexander

1730 - 1805

1707-1778, naturalist; taxonomist, Swedish

Linnaeus, Carl

1707 - 1778

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

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772

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

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

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

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Roux, Joseph

1725 - 1793

1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794

1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774

1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792

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

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

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

Bateman, Hester

1709 - 1794

1711-1756, physician, anatomist, and physicist, German

Lieberkühn, Johann Nathanael

1711 - 1756

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

Cuff, John

1708 - 1772

1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778

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

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765

1727-1807, watchmaker, Paris, France, Swiss

Berthoud, Ferdinand

1727 - 1807

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

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

Brown, Capability

1716 - 1783

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