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

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1743/4-1789, wife of John Arnold, mother of John Roger Arnold, chronometer makers, English

Margaret Arnold

1743 - 1789
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles

1756 - 1836
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Denis Diderot

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

Franz Antoni Knittl

1671 - 1744
active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Benjamin Vulliamy

1747 - 1811
1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Peter Nicholson

1765 - 1844
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Jean Dassier

1676 - 1763
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Charles Hatchett

1765 - 1847
1756-1823, colliery manager, English; British

John Curr

1756 - 1823
1762-1836, physician; founder of macrobiotics; professor at Berlin University, German

Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

1762 - 1836
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Clemente Susini

1754 - 1814
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Pierre-Charles Canot

1710 - 1777
1749-1806, engraver, British

Francis Chesham

1749 - 1806
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Georg Daniel Heumann

1691 - 1759
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Augustus Charles Pugin

1762 - 1832
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792
1748-1808, clock and watchmaker, London, England, British

George Margetts

1748 - 1808
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

James Bradley

1692 - 1762
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Reinhard Woltman

1712 - 1837
1683-1744, natural philosopher; engineer, French born, active England

John Theophilus Desaguliers

1683 - 1744
1754-1811, engraver, French

Gilles Louis Chrétien

1754 - 1811
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

George Cayley

1773 - 1857
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Patrick Brydone

1736 - 1818
1737-1802

Thomas Williams

1737 - 1802
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Abraham Bennet

1749 - 1799
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Justin Vulliamy

1712 - 1797
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr

1677 - 1750
active 1780-1812 in London, artist, German

Joseph Constantine Stadler

1780 - 1822
1773-1858, botanist; explorer; gardener; traveller, French

Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland

1773 - 1858
c. 1780-1837, engineer, British

Barrodall Robert Dodd

1780 - 1837
1769-1832, zoologist; naturalist, French

Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier

1769 - 1832
1763-1805, engineer; cleric, French

Claude Chappe

1763 - 1805
active 1728, d. 1775

John Sigismund Tanner

1700 - 1775
1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Johann Rudolf Schmutz

1670 - 1715
1710-1767, 10th Earl of Buchan; draughtsman; engraver, Scottish

Henry David Erskine

1710 - 1767
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau

1737 - 1816
active about 1775-c. 1845, artist; marine painter, British

Robert Salmon

1775 - 1845
1775-1851, artist, watercolourist, printmaker, British

Joseph Mallord William Turner

1775 - 1851
1753-1809, aeronaut; balloonist, French

Jean Pierre François Blanchard

1753 - 1809
1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Joseph Fröhlich

1694 - 1757
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Charles Augustin Coulomb

1736 - 1806
1742-1821, artist; collector, English; British

Richard Cosway

1742 - 1821