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1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
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
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Mariotte, Edmé

1620 - 1684
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
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
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Diderot, Denis

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

Knittl, Franz Antoni

1671 - 1744
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Miller, Patrick

1731 - 1815
1717-1799, Roman Catholic Pope 1775-1799, Italian

Pius VI

1717 - 1799
1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Brambilla, Giovanni Alessandro

1728 - 1800
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1726-1765, printmaker; artist; draughtsman; engraver, British

Walker, Anthony

1726 - 1765
1703-1781, surgeon, French

Côme, Frère

1703 - 1781
active 1715-1780, manufacturer of ceramics, French

Hustin

1715 - 1780
1637-1720, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Spanish

Perellos de Roccaful, Ramon

1637 - 1720
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Mesnard, Jacques

1685 - 1746
1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1736-1790, mineralogist, French

Romé de L'Isle, Jean-Baptiste Louis

1736 - 1790
1637-1712, inventor; artist; Dutch

Heyden, Jan van der

1637 - 1712
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789
1740-1827, physician, English

Haygarth, John

1740 - 1827
1667-1745, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedarl, Dublin, Irish

Swift, Jonathan

1667 - 1745
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

Roy, William

1726 - 1790
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
1731-1792, active 1760s-1770s, medallist, German? Polish?

Holzhaeusser, Johann Philip

1731 - 1792
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Vulliamy, Justin

1712 - 1797
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Quare, Daniel

1648 - 1724
1713-1788, horologist; scientist, British

Whitehurst, John

1713 - 1788
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Campani, Giuseppe

1635 - 1715
c. 1739-1807, active 1768-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1739 - 1807
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Dover, Thomas

1660 - 1704
active 1735-1790, chronometer maker; watchmaker, London, England

Kendall, Larcum

1719 - 1790
active 1728, d. 1775

Tanner, John Sigismund

1700 - 1775
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

1695 - 1766