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1774-1839, astronomer, English

Rigaud, Stephen Peter

1774 - 1839

1772-1828, rocket designer, British; English

Congreve, Sir William

1772 - 1828

Bentham, Samuel

1757 - 1831

Bickerton, Richard Hussey

1759 - 1832

1761-1845, artist; engraver; painter, French

Boilly, Louis-Leopold

1761 - 1845

1773-1858, botanist, Scottish; British

Brown, Robert

1773 - 1858

1750-1823, 1st Baron Erskine; lawyer; politician, Scottish; British

Erskine, Thomas

1750 - 1823

1783-1866, antiquary; astronomer, English; British

Lee, John

1783 - 1866

1749-1814, engineer; inventor of locks, English; British

Bramah, Joseph

1749 - 1814

1779-1866, writer on prophecy, British; English

Frere, James Hatley

1779 - 1866

1769-1822, engraver, English; British

Basire, James

1769 - 1822

1767-1839, scientific administrator; mathematician, British

Gilbert, Davies

1767 - 1839

active 1790s-1800s, journalist; writer; publisher, British

Heriot, John

1760 - 1833

1771-1840, navy cartographer, Swedish

Klint, Gustaf af

1771 - 1840

Kidd, John

1775 - 1851

1766-1839, chemist; botanist, Austrian?

Jacquin, Joseph Franz von

1766 - 1839

active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Vulliamy, Benjamin

1747 - 1811

1757-1834, engraver; etcher, British

Heath, James

1757 - 1834

1777-1856, naval officer; Arctic explorer, British; Scottish

Ross, Sir John

1777 - 1856

1755-1839, physician, German

Henschel, Elias

1755 - 1839

1756-1837, physician; surgeon; obstetrician, French

Dubois, Antoine

1756 - 1837

1768-1828; marine artist; English; British

Buttersworth, Thomas

1768 - 1828

1759-1842, mechanical engineer, English; British

Vivian, Andrew

1759 - 1842

1750-1806, active 1790s-1806, engraver; medallist, French

Dumarest, Rambert

1750 - 1806

1760-1850, artist, baron of Alderley, Cheshire, British

Stanley, Sir John Thomas

1760 - 1850

active 1779-1840, optical instrument maker, French

Lerebours, Nöel Jean

1761 - 1840

Hawthorn, Robert

1770 - 1842

1777-1850, sculptor, Italian

Bartolini, Lorenzo

1777 - 1850

1783-1848, engraver, French

Dequevauviller, François Jacques

1783 - 1848

1749-1806, surgeon; farmer Scottish

Bell, Benjamin

1749 - 1806

1767-1858, woollen manufacturer; railway promoter, British

Pease, Edward

1767 - 1858

1772-1845, watchmaker; minature watchmaker; minature automata specialist, Geneva, Switzerland, Swiss

Meylan, Philippe-Samuel

1772 - 1845

1759-1832, Royal Navy Admiral; second baronet, British

Bickerton, Sir Richard Hussey

1759 - 1832

1755-1793, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France

Marie Antoinette

1755 - 1793

1770-1843, chemist; philanthropist, English

Allen, William

1770 - 1843

1760-1818, botanist; taxonomist, Swedish

Swartz, Olof Peter

1760 - 1818

1763-1833, philologist; educator,Bohemian; Czech

Klar, Alois

1763 - 1833

1764-1835, Archbishop of Cologne from 1824, German

Von Spiegel, Ferdinand August

1764 - 1835

1778-1838, ceramic manufacturer, Scottish; British

Hamilton, Robert

1778 - 1838

1771-1837, land agent; railway developer, British; English

James, William

1771 - 1837

1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1761 - 1807

1764-1847, physician; military, German

Wiebel, Johann Wilhelm von

1764 - 1847

1752-1799, physician, Scottish; British

Gordon, Alexander

1752 - 1799

1759-1817, artist; landscape painter; watercolour painter, English; British

Ibbetson, Julius Caesar

1759 - 1817

Beddoes, Thomas

1760 - 1808

1773-1854, botanist, Prussian born; Dutch

Reinwardt, Caspar Georg Carl

1773 - 1854

1781-1833, anatomist, grandson of Meckel the Elder, German

Meckel, Johann Friedrich

1781 - 1833

1780-1825, princess of France

Bonaparte, Marie Pauline

1780 - 1825

1774-1853, geologist; paleontologist, geographer; vulcanologist, German

Buch, Christian Leopold Freiherr von

1774 - 1853

Cooper, Astley Paston (first baronet)

1768 - 1841