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1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
1741-1980s?, manufacturing chemist, London England

Burgoyne, Burbidges and Company Limited

1741
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
lender

Royal College of Surgeons of England

1745
active 1739 - 1949, bell manufacturers, Cripplegate

J. Warner & Sons

1739 - 1949
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1751-1820, vice-admiral in the Royal Navy, British

Grindall, Admiral Sir Richard

1751 - 1820
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
active 1735-current, jeweller; goldsmith; silversmith, clock-maker; watchmaker, English

Garrard and Company Limited

1735
1747-1809, engineer, English; British

Thompson, Francis

1747 - 1809
Watt, James

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
1749-1829, chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Earnshaw, Thomas

1749 - 1829
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George III

1738 - 1820
Cartwright, Edmund

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1750-1795, [Adams the Younger] active 1772-1795, mathematical instrument maker; globe maker, English; British

Adams, George

1750 - 1795
1743-1823, cleric; inventor of the power loom, English; British

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
c. 1745-1814?; active 1778-1814, print seller; publisher, British; English

Humphrey, Hannah

1742 - 1814
Saunders, William

Saunders, William

1743 - 1817
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Ramsden, Jesse

1735 - 1800
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794
c. 1739-1807, active 1768-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1739 - 1807
1744-1832, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Paris, France

Lenoir, Etienne

1744 - 1832
1750-1831, physicist; instrument maker, French

Fortin, Jean Nicolas

1750 - 1831
1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Galvani, Luigi

1737 - 1798
1743-1830, medallist, coin-engraver, British

Pingo, Lewis

1743 - 1830
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1749-1827, mathematician & physicist, French

Laplace, Pierre Simon

1749 - 1827
active 1765-1805, optical instrument maker, English; British

Lincoln, Charles

1744 - 1807
1746-1814, civil engineer, British

Jessop, William

1746 - 1814
1742-1786, chemist, Swedish

Scheele, Carl Wilhelm

1742 - 1786
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
1739-1824, statesman, French

Lebrun, Charles-Francois

1739 - 1824
Merlin, John Joseph

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1745-1827, physicist, Italian

Volta, Alessandro

1745 - 1827
1745-1830, mechanician, clock-maker, Swiss

Maillardet, Henri

1745 - 1830
1746-1815, active 1774-1803, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Scottish

Miller, John

1746 - 1815
1740-1814, medallist, German

Reich, Johann Christian

1740 - 1814
1745-1799, balloon pioneer, French

Montgolfier, Jacques-Étienne

1745 - 1799
1743-1792, mechanical engineer; blacksmith; millwright, American

Rumsey, James

1743 - 1791
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812
1752-1805, physician; botanist, English; British

Woodville, William

1752 - 1805
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

Arnold, John

1735 - 1799
1751-1832, engineer, French

de Jouffroy, Claude-François-Dorothée

1751 - 1832
1739-1806, inventor of the panorama, Irish

Barker, Robert

1739 - 1806
1746-1823, physicist; aeronaut; balloonist , French

Charles, Jacques

1746 - 1823
1749-1826, astronomer; mathematician; priest; Italian

Piazzi, Giuseppe

1749 - 1826
1751-1847, artist; engraver; printmaker; author, French

Sergent-Marceau, Antoine Louis François

1751 - 1847
1741-1819, geologist; sponsor, French

Faujas-de-Saint-Fond, Barthélémy

1741 - 1819
1739-1939, hospital; orphanage, English; British

Foundling Hospital

1739 - 1939