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1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Bidloo, Govert

1649 - 1713
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

1737 - 1816
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Papin, Denis

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

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Zeelst, Adriaan

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

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759
1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

1741 - 1832
1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Coram, Thomas

1668 - 1751
1738-1809, bookseller, British

Johnson, Joseph

1738 - 1809
1747-1821, landscape painter; diarist, English; British

Farington, Joseph

1747 - 1821
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Verdala, Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de

1531 - 1595
1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660
1747-1823, watchmaker; horologist, Swiss; French

Bréguet, Abraham-Louis

1747 - 1823
1683-1744, natural philosopher; engineer, French born, active England

Desaguliers, John Theophilus

1683 - 1744
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

1646 - 1716
1693-1768, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; first duke of Newcastle under Lyme, prime minister, English

Holles, Thomas Pelham-

1693 - 1768
1610-1676, clock maker, English

Holloway, John

1610 - 1676
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Godinot, Jean

1661 - 1749
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1739/40-1817, aeronaut; military theorist; army officer, English

Money, John

1739 - 1817
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1737-1802

Williams, Thomas

1737 - 1802
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1743-1820, explorer; naturalist; patron of science, British

Banks, Sir Joseph

1743 - 1820
1715-1795, Moravian minister; bookseller, English; British

Hutton, James

1715 - 1795
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Redi, Francesco

1626 - 1697
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German

Löscher, Carl Emanuel

1750 - 1813
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

1728 - 1808
1709/10-1783, Pinchbeck the younger, clock-maker; watchmaker, British

Pinchbeck, Christopher

1709 - 1783
1619-1682, inventor; Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, German Prince active in England

Rupert

1619 - 1682
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Woulfe, Peter

1727 - 1805
1709-1780, landscape engraver, French-born; British

Vivares, Francis

1709 - 1780
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598
c1716-1788, active 1756-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1716 - 1788
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Schmutz, Johann Rudolf

1670 - 1715
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Harvey, Gideon

1636 - 1702