Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806

1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883

1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749

1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811

1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740

1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821

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

1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

1769 - 1832

1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757

1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838

1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838

1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825

active 1790-1820, mathematical, philosophical, nautical & optical instrument makers, Paris, France

Jecker, Francoise-Antoine

1765 - 1834

1755-1816, engraver; artist; draughtsman, Swedish

Martin, Johann Frederik

1755 - 1816

1770-1843, anatomist, Irish

Macartney, James

1770 - 1843

1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763

1753-1814, scientist; natural philosopher; philanthropist, American-born; British?

Thompson, Count von Rumford, Sir Benjamin

1753 - 1814

1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Pugin, Augustus Charles

1762 - 1832

1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759

1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

1741 - 1832

1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Coram, Thomas

1668 - 1751

1738-1809, bookseller, British

Johnson, Joseph

1738 - 1809

1747-1821, landscape painter; diarist, English; British

Farington, Joseph

1747 - 1821

1769-1823, aeronaut; parachutist , French

Garnerin, Andre Jacques

1769 - 1823

1747-1823, watchmaker; horologist, Swiss; French

Bréguet, Abraham-Louis

1747 - 1823

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

1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

Leslie, Sir John

1766 - 1832

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

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793

1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Godinot, Jean

1661 - 1749

1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848

1739/40-1817, aeronaut; military theorist; army officer, English

Money, John

1739 - 1817

1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828

1769-1859, naturalist; explorer, German

Humboldt, Alexander von

1769 - 1859

1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840

1737-1802

Williams, Thomas

1737 - 1802

1758-1828, millwright, French

Brezin, Michel

1758 - 1828

1756-1823, artist; portraitist, Scottish; British

Raeburn, Sir Henry

1756 - 1823

1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792

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

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799

1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780

1715-1795, Moravian minister; bookseller, English; British

Hutton, James

1715 - 1795

1769-1852, first Duke of Wellington; army officer; prime minister, British

Wellesley, Arthur

1769 - 1852

1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810

1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748

1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German

Löscher, Carl Emanuel

1750 - 1813

1765-1854, inventor of apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks, British

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

1767-1839, scientific administrator; mathematician, British

Gilbert, Davies

1767 - 1839