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1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1743/4-1789, wife of John Arnold, mother of John Roger Arnold, chronometer makers, English

Margaret Arnold

1743 - 1789
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1650-1702, Prince of Orange; King of England, Scotland & Ireland

William III

1650 - 1702
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles

1756 - 1836
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
1792-1849, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

William

1792 - 1849
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

William Austin Burt

1792 - 1858
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Denis Diderot

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

Franz Antoni Knittl

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

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
1795-1846, inventor of lawn mower, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, British

Edwin Budding

1795 - 1846
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Francis Ronalds

1788 - 1873
active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Benjamin Vulliamy

1747 - 1811
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Peter Nicholson

1765 - 1844
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Sebastien Le

1637 - 1714
1794-1878, mycologist; botanist, Swedish

Elias Magnus Fries

1794 - 1878
1788-1856, sculptor; medallist, French

David D'Angers

1788 - 1856
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Jean Dassier

1676 - 1763
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Charles Hatchett

1765 - 1847
1756-1823, colliery manager, English; British

John Curr

1756 - 1823
1781-1841, sculptor, British; English

Francis Legatt Chantrey

1781 - 1841
1762-1836, physician; founder of macrobiotics; professor at Berlin University, German

Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

1762 - 1836
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Clemente Susini

1754 - 1814
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Pierre-Charles Canot

1710 - 1777
1749-1806, engraver, British

Francis Chesham

1749 - 1806
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Georg Daniel Heumann

1691 - 1759
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Augustus Charles Pugin

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

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792
1748-1808, clock and watchmaker, London, England, British

George Margetts

1748 - 1808
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

James Bradley

1692 - 1762
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Reinhard Woltman

1712 - 1837
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Henry Booth

1788 - 1869
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
1683-1744, natural philosopher; engineer, French born, active England

John Theophilus Desaguliers

1683 - 1744
1754-1811, engraver, French

Gilles Louis Chrétien

1754 - 1811