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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
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Godinot, Jean

1661 - 1749
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Schmutz, Johann Rudolf

1670 - 1715
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

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

Netscher, Caspar

1639 - 1684
1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751
1705-1779, portrait artist, Swedish

Brander, Fredrik

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

Dollond, John

1707 - 1761
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
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

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

George II

1683 - 1760
1681-1754, artist, draughtsman, engraver, painter, printmaker, French

Rigaud, J

1681 - 1754
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

1692 - 1761
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651
1650-1909, wholesale chemist; druggist, London, England

Hearon, Squire and Francis Limited

1650 - 1909
1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Trew, Christopher Jacob

1695 - 1769
1701-1779, artist; portrait painter; art collector, English

Hudson, Thomas

1701 - 1779
1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

Cheselden, William

1688 - 1752
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1703-1781, surgeon, French

Côme, Frère

1703 - 1781
1637-1720, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Spanish

Perellos de Roccaful, Ramon

1637 - 1720
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
1667-1745, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedarl, Dublin, Irish

Swift, Jonathan

1667 - 1745

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
1684-1734

Chadwicke, John

1684 - 1734
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Le Clerc, Sebastien

1637 - 1714
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

Hodgson, James

1672 - 1755
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Dassier, Jean

1676 - 1763