Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
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

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

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

1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748

1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Huygens, Christiaan

1629 - 1695

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

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

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

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

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772

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

Opie, John

1705 - 1807

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

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

1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

1692 - 1761

1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

Hargreaves, James

1720 - 1778

1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651

1711-1756, optical instrument maker, German (Prussian)

Mittsdorfer, Johan Georg

1711 - 1756

1650-1909, wholesale chemist; druggist, London, England

Hearon, Squire and Francis Limited

1650 - 1909

1791-1870, physician, Scottish, British

Copland, James

1711 - 1870

1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Trew, Christopher Jacob

1695 - 1769

1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Mudge, Thomas

1715 - 1794

1701-1779, artist; portrait painter; art collector, English

Hudson, Thomas

1701 - 1779