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1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
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
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793
1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Benjamin Martin

1705 - 1782
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792

Thomas Simpson

1710 - 1761
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

William Smellie

1697 - 1763
Baron Anson

George Anson

1697 - 1762
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Leonhard Euler

1707 - 1783
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

William Herschel

1738 - 1822
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

John Hunter

1728 - 1793
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
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

James Six

1731 - 1793
1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Thomas Tuttell

1674 - 1702
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Johann Christoph Voigtlander

1732 - 1797
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

James Watt

1736 - 1819
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
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Gerard Van Swieten

1700 - 1772
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Francis Watkins

1723 - 1791
1735-1819, medallist, German

Daniel Friedrich Loos

1735 - 1819

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

John Smeaton

1724 - 1792
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Joseph Roux

1725 - 1793
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810
1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

1660 - 1742
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George

1738 - 1820
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1740 - 1812