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

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1679-1710, chemist, German

Rothe, Gottfried

1679 - 1710
active 1757-1809, shipbuilder, Sweden, Swedish

Chapman, Fredrik Henrik

1721 - 1808
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

King, Peter

1669 - 1734
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Canot, Pierre-Charles

1710 - 1777
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Diderot, Denis

1713 - 1784
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Knittl, Franz Antoni

1671 - 1744

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Short, James

1710 - 1768

Perry, John

1670 - 1702

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Priestley, Joseph (FRS, LLD)

1733 - 1804

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799

Reynolds, Richard

1735 - 1816
1684-1734

Chadwicke, John

1684 - 1734
1738-1819, physician, Belgian

Hende, Jean-François-Laurent van

1738 - 1819
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
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
1718-1791, physician, Irish

Quin, Henry

1718 - 1791
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

1737 - 1816
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