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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
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Woulfe, Peter

1727 - 1805
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
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767
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
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
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795
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
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
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
1710-1767, 10th Earl of Buchan; draughtsman; engraver, Scottish

Erskine, Henry David

1710 - 1767
1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

Cheselden, William

1688 - 1752
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
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
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789
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
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

Roy, William

1726 - 1790
Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

Anson, George

1697 - 1762