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1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
1715-current (2017), pharmaceutical manufacturer, England, British

Allen & Hanburys Limited

1715
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794
1711-1756, physician, anatomist, and physicist, German

Lieberkühn, Johann Nathanael

1711 - 1756
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Euler, Leonhard

1707 - 1783
1710-1768, active 1734-1768, optical instrument maker, British; Scottish

Short, James

1710 - 1768
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
1711-1788, active 1748-1776, optician, Edinburgh & London, Scottish; British

Short, Thomas

1711 - 1788
1700?-1771, clockmaker; mechanician, British; English

Hindley, Henry

1701 - 1771
Adams, George

Adams, George

1709 - 1772
1720-1814, horologist; inventor; clock and watchmaker, French

Lepine, Jean Antoine

1720 - 1814
1723-1781, apothecary; chemist, British

Dalmahoy, Alexander

1723 - 1781
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809
1726-1807, scientific instrument maker

Engelbrecht, Johann

1726 - 1807
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls

1723 - 1777
1709-1772, active 1734-72, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, lecturer, English

Adams, George

1709 - 1772
1716-1772, civil engineer, English; British

Brindley, James

1716 - 1772
active 1720-?, surgical instrument maker, English?

Savigny and Company

1720
active 1714-1796, watchmaker, Paris, France

Romilly, John

1714 - 1796
active 1749-1783, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Sisson, Jeremiah

1720 - 1783
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765
Simpson, Thomas

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Roux, Joseph

1725 - 1793
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
1727-1807, watchmaker, Paris, France, Swiss

Berthoud, Ferdinand

1727 - 1807
1709-1794, active 1761-1790, silversmith, English; British

Bateman, Hester

1709 - 1794
1708-1772, active 1731-1770, optician, optical instrument & microscope maker and seller, London, England, English

Cuff, John

1708 - 1772
active 1770s-1780s, marine chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Emery, Josiah

1725 - 1794
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793
Boulton, Matthew

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809
1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Mudge, Thomas

1715 - 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
c. 1717-1786, artist; printmaker; anatomist, French

Gautier d'Agoty, Jacques-Fabien

1717 - 1786
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