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1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
1785-1851, artist; naturalist; ornithologist, American

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Ronalds, Sir Francis

1788 - 1873
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
1765-1821, medical lecturer, British?

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
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
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Canot, Pierre-Charles

1710 - 1777
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
active, 1812-1856, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical inst. maker & optician, British

Newman, John Frederick

1783 - 1860
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

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

Bakewell, Robert

1768 - 1843

Cooper, Astley Paston (first baronet)

1768 - 1841

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Guillan, Archibald

1790 - 1891

Scoresby, William

1789 - 1857

Martin, Kennett Beacham

1788 - 1859

Ewart, Peter

1767 - 1843

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834

Sibley, Robert

1789 - 1849

Baillie, Matthew

1761 - 1823

Rastrick, John Urpeth

1780 - 1856

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803