Industry
Place
Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969

1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955

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

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761

1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Francis Willis

1718 - 1807

1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Anna Morandi Manzolini

1716 - 1774

1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

James Lind

1716 - 1794

1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi

1711 - 1778

active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

1659 - 1723

Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702

1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738

1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776

Mr

John Kay

1704 - 1780

1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Benjamin Martin

1705 - 1782

1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751

Baron Anson

George Anson

1697 - 1762

1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

William Smellie

1697 - 1763

1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Leonhard Euler

1707 - 1783

1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793

Thomas Simpson

1710 - 1761

1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843

1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger

1722 - 1809

active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760

1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Carlisle Spedding

1696 - 1755

1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Thomas Tuttell

1674 - 1702

c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

John Rowley

1668 - 1728

1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Richard Glynne

1681 - 1755

1709-1772, active 1734-72, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, lecturer, English

George Adams

1709 - 1772

1656-1742, astronomer, English

Edmond Halley

1656 - 1742

1716-1772, civil engineer, English; British

James Brindley

1716 - 1772

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

Edmund Culpeper

1670 - 1737

bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Francis Watkins

1723 - 1791

1724-1792, civil engineer, English

John Smeaton

1724 - 1792

1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792

1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Gerard Van Swieten

1700 - 1772

1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

1660 - 1742

1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704

1707-1778, naturalist; taxonomist, Swedish

Carl Linnaeus

1707 - 1778

1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771

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

Jonathan Sisson

1690 - 1747

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

Thomas Mudge

1715 - 1794

1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole

1695 - 1766

1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Thomas Newcomen

1663 - 1729

1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Francis Hauksbee

1660 - 1713

1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

1723 - 1777

active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Justin Vulliamy

1712 - 1797

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

Gowin Knight

1713 - 1772

1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724

1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715

1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

James Hargreaves

1720 - 1778

1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761