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1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

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

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Bidloo, Govert

1649 - 1713
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Papin, Denis

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

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

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

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759
1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Coram, Thomas

1668 - 1751
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
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
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1715-1795, Moravian minister; bookseller, English; British

Hutton, James

1715 - 1795
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Redi, Francesco

1626 - 1697
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Huygens, Christiaan

1629 - 1695
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

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

Pinchbeck, Christopher

1709 - 1783
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
1709-1780, landscape engraver, French-born; British

Vivares, Francis

1709 - 1780
c1716-1788, active 1756-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1716 - 1788
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
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767
1639-1684, artist; painter, Dutch

Netscher, Caspar

1639 - 1684
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783
1729-1799, priest; physiologist; biologist, Italian

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

1729 - 1799
1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1705-1779, portrait artist, Swedish

Brander, Fredrik

1705 - 1779
active 1752-1761, optician, previously a silk weaver, English; British

Dollond, John

1707 - 1761
1618-1698, apothecary, French

Charas, Moyse

1618 - 1698
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744
bap 1716-1783, landscape gardener; architect, English; British

Brown, Capability

1716 - 1783
1730-1774?, physician; French

Le Thieullier, Louis Pierre Felix Rene

1730 - 1774
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
1636 or 1838-1706, physician; anatomist, French, published Nouvelles tables anatomiques, 1678

Bourdon, Amé

1636 - 1706
1681-1754, artist, draughtsman, engraver, painter, printmaker, French

Rigaud, J

1681 - 1754