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

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
1765-1821, medical lecturer, British?

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
1679-1710, chemist, German

Rothe, Gottfried

1679 - 1710
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
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Canot, Pierre-Charles

1710 - 1777
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

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

Bakewell, Robert

1768 - 1843

Cooper, Astley Paston (first baronet)

1768 - 1841

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Ewart, Peter

1767 - 1843

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834

Havell, Robert (senior)

1769 - 1832

Baillie, Matthew

1761 - 1823

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Beddoes, Thomas

1760 - 1808

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764

Wollaston, William Hyde

1766 - 1828

Jenner, Edward (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1823

Withering, William (MD, FRS)

1741 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Perkins, Jacob

1766 - 1849

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

Bill, Robert

1754 - 1827

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Rennie, John

1761 - 1821

Short, James

1710 - 1768

Perry, John

1670 - 1702