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

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803

Flamel, Nicolas

1330 - 1418
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
about 1450-about 1512, surgeon, publisher of book on surgery, born Strasbourg, German?

Brunschwig, Hieronymus von

1450 - 1512
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1679-1710, chemist, German

Rothe, Gottfried

1679 - 1710
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon

1533 - 1606
active 1757-1809, shipbuilder, Sweden, Swedish

Chapman, Fredrik Henrik

1721 - 1808
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

King, Peter

1669 - 1734
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Mariotte, Edmé

1620 - 1684
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Canot, Pierre-Charles

1710 - 1777
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Butterfield, Michael

1634 - 1724
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Diderot, Denis

1713 - 1784
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Knittl, Franz Antoni

1671 - 1744
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

1548 - 1616

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Jenner, Edward (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1823

Withering, William (MD, FRS)

1741 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Short, James

1710 - 1768

Perry, John

1670 - 1702

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

Fortin, Nicolas

1750 - 1831

Faden, William

1749 - 1836

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Priestley, Joseph (FRS, LLD)

1733 - 1804

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782