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

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751
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
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
1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

Cheselden, William

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

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
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

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
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

Perry, John

1670 - 1702

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Savery, Thomas

1650 - 1715
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762
Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Dover, Thomas

1660 - 1704
active 1728, d. 1775

Tanner, John Sigismund

1700 - 1775
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

1695 - 1766
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1672-1733, scholar, Swiss

Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob

1672 - 1733
1661-1737, physician, French

Hecquet, Philippe

1661 - 1737
1665-1714, monarch, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland

Anne

1665 - 1714
1662-1744, German

Volckamer, Johann George

1662 - 1744
1687-1765, antiquary; natural philosopher, British

Stukeley, William

1687 - 1765
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Van Swieten, Gerard

1700 - 1772