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1777-1804, geologist, mineralogist, British

Watt, Gregory

1777 - 1804
1799-1869, inventor of agricultural machinery; minister, Scottish

Bell, Patrick

1799 - 1869
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795
1793-1908, tramway, Derbyshire

Derby Canal Railway

1793 - 1908
dentist, American

Greenwood, John

1760 - 1819
1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Pett, Peter

1610 - 1672
1785-1870, aeronaut, British; English

Green, Charles

1785 - 1870
1781-1849, surveyor; civil engineer; canal builder, British

Green, James

1781 - 1849
1788-1850, engraver, English; British

Thomson, James

1788 - 1850
1784-1856, geologist; dean of Westminster, British; English

Buckland, William

1784 - 1856
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Begas, Carl Joseph

1794 - 1854
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
1798-1873, architect, English, British

Tite, Sir William

1798 - 1873
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Bidloo, Govert

1649 - 1713
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

1737 - 1816
1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

1769 - 1832
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Papin, Denis

1647
1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757
1798-1862, medallist, Belgian

Pingret, Joseph Arnold

1798 - 1862
1796-1824, aeronaut; balloonist; gas engineer, British

Sadler, Windham

1796 - 1824
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825
1786-1817, electrical researcher; lecturer, London, England

Singer, George John

1786 - 1817
active 1790-1820, mathematical, philosophical, nautical & optical instrument makers, Paris, France

Jecker, Francoise-Antoine

1765 - 1834
1755-1816, engraver; artist; draughtsman, Swedish

Martin, Johann Frederik

1755 - 1816
1770-1843, anatomist, Irish

Macartney, James

1770 - 1843
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
1753-1814, scientist; natural philosopher; philanthropist, American-born; British?

Thompson, Count von Rumford, Sir Benjamin

1753 - 1814
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Pugin, Augustus Charles

1762 - 1832
1787-1855, antiquary, portuguese scholar and railway administrator, Newcastle, British

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1792-1868, shipping broker, Scottish; British

Anderson, Arthur

1792 - 1868
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759
1794-1875, engineer, French

Cave, Francois

1794 - 1875
1781-1868, natural philosopher and academic administrator, Scottish; British

Brewster, Sir David

1781 - 1868