Industry
Place
Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Edward Jenner

1749 - 1823

1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978

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

Mr

Edmund Cartwright

1743 - 1823

1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Anna Morandi Manzolini

1716 - 1774

1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

1743 - 1794

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

Mr

John Kay

1704 - 1780

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

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793

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

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

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792

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

Thomas Simpson

1710 - 1761

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

William Herschel

1738 - 1822

1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

John Hunter

1728 - 1793

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

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

James Six

1731 - 1793

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

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

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

George Adams

1709 - 1772

1656-1742, astronomer, English

Edmond Halley

1656 - 1742

James Watt

1736 - 1819

1716-1772, civil engineer, English; British

James Brindley

1716 - 1772

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

Edmund Culpeper

1670 - 1737

1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Abraham Bennet

1749 - 1799

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

1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792

1724-1792, civil engineer, English

John Smeaton

1724 - 1792

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809

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

George

1738 - 1820