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1684-1756, engraver; antiquary, British

Vertue, George

1684 - 1756
1601-1665, mathematician, French

Fermat, Pierre de

1601 - 1665
1676-1739, physician; surgeon; writer; botanist, French

Reneaulme de Lagaranne, Michel-Louis

1676 - 1739
1697-1764, astronomer; politician, England, British

Parker, George

1697 - 1764
1727-1788, artist; printmaker, British

Gainsborough, Thomas

1727 - 1788
c. 1712-1777, painter; artist, English; British

Cleveley, John

1712 - 1777
1625-1712, mathematician; astronomer, French

Cassini, Giovanni Domenico

1625 - 1712
1730-1809, sculptor, French

Pajou, Augustin

1730 - 1809
1717-1780, Empress of Austria

Maria Theresa

1717 - 1780
active 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Scott, Benjamin

1690 - 1751
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Newton, Sir Isaac

1642 - 1727
1697-1767, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish; British

Monro, Alexander

1697 - 1767
1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Galvani, Luigi

1737 - 1798
1732-1800, army general, constructed first balloon in India, French

Martin, Claude

1732 - 1800
1682-1766, scientist; anatomist, Italian

Beccari, Jacopo Bartolomeo

1682 - 1766
1742-1823, writer, British

Combe, William

1742 - 1823
1708-1787, painter; draughtsman, Italian

Batoni, Pompeo

1708 - 1787
1743-1823, cleric; inventor of the power loom, English; British

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1616-1677, painter; printmaker, Dutch

Wyck, Thomas

1616 - 1677
1612/1613-1682, engraver, active England, French

Lombart, Pierre

1612 - 1682
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
1744-1829, naturalist, French

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste

1744 - 1829
1662-1694, Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland, reigned 1689-1694

Mary II

1662 - 1694
1723-1792, artist; art theorist, English; British

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

1723 - 1792
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Kneller, Sir Godfrey

1646 - 1723
1740-1824, physician, Danish/German

Callisen, Henry

1740 - 1824
1730-1805; artist; engraver, portrait painter; French

Huquier, Jacques-Gabriel

1730 - 1805
1726-1807, scientific instrument maker

Engelbrecht, Johann

1726 - 1807
1742-1823, Roman Catholic Pope, reigned 1800-1823, Italian

Pius VII

1742 - 1823
1736-1812, radical politician; philologist, British

Tooke, John Horne

1736 - 1812
c. 1695-1756, printmaker; engraver, British

Faber, the younger, John

1695 - 1756
1750-1812, physician; surgeon; military physician, French

Heurteloup, Nicolas

1750 - 1812
1654-1730, physician; military surgeon; French

Belloste, Augustin

1654 - 1730
1696-1776, illustrator, British

Vandergucht, Gerard

1696 - 1776
1710-1790, chemist; physician, Scottish; British

Cullen, William

1710 - 1790
1733-1804, theologian; natural philosopher, English

Priestley, Joseph

1733 - 1804
active 1700-1737, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Culpeper, Edmund

1670 - 1737
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1742-1806, naturalist; mineralogist, French

Carangeot, Arnould

1742 - 1806
1720-1814, horologist; inventor; clock and watchmaker, French

Lepine, Jean Antoine

1720 - 1814
1683-1758, anatomist; surgeon, German

Heister, Lorenz

1683 - 1758
1633/4-1721, artist, marine painter, Dutch

Sailmaker, Isaac

1633 - 1721
1741-1807, artist; musician, Swiss

Kauffmann, Angelica

1741 - 1807
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Paine, Thomas

1737 - 1809
1650-1718, cartographer; globemaker, Italian

Coronelli, Vincenzo

1650 - 1718
1740-1799, naturalist, inventor, Swiss

Saussure, Horace Bénédict de

1740 - 1799
1716-1772, civil engineer, English; British

Brindley, James

1716 - 1772
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Sisson, Jonathan

1690 - 1747
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

1732 - 1797