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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
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
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
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
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
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
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759
1771-1802, physician; anatomist; physiologist, French

Bichat, Marie Francois Xavier

1771 - 1802
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
1769-1823, aeronaut; parachutist , French

Garnerin, Andre Jacques

1769 - 1823
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
1610-1676, clock maker, English

Holloway, John

1610 - 1676
1693-1768, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; first duke of Newcastle under Lyme, prime minister, English

Holles, Thomas Pelham-

1693 - 1768
1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

Leslie, Sir John

1766 - 1832
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
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1769-1859, naturalist; explorer, German

Humboldt, Alexander von

1769 - 1859
1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840
1737-1802

Williams, Thomas

1737 - 1802
1758-1828, millwright, French

Brezin, Michel

1758 - 1828
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

Cayley, Sir George

1773 - 1857
1756-1823, artist; portraitist, Scottish; British

Raeburn, Sir Henry

1756 - 1823
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792