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

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
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
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1717-1799, Roman Catholic Pope 1775-1799, Italian

Pius VI

1717 - 1799
1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Brambilla, Giovanni Alessandro

1728 - 1800
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1726-1765, printmaker; artist; draughtsman; engraver, British

Walker, Anthony

1726 - 1765
1703-1781, surgeon, French

Côme, Frère

1703 - 1781
active 1715-1780, manufacturer of ceramics, French

Hustin

1715 - 1780
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Mesnard, Jacques

1685 - 1746
1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789
1667-1745, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedarl, Dublin, Irish

Swift, Jonathan

1667 - 1745
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

Roy, William

1726 - 1790
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Vulliamy, Justin

1712 - 1797
1713-1788, horologist; scientist, British

Whitehurst, John

1713 - 1788
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Dover, Thomas

1660 - 1704
active 1735-1790, chronometer maker; watchmaker, London, England

Kendall, Larcum

1719 - 1790
active 1728, d. 1775

Tanner, John Sigismund

1700 - 1775
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

1695 - 1766
1715-1781, industrialist; manufacturer of silk textiles, English

Roe, Charles

1715 - 1781
1729-1808, medallist, Dutch

Holtzhey, Johann Georg

1729 - 1808
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls

1723 - 1777
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Donne, Benjamin

1729 - 1798
1716-1781, physicist, Italian

Beccaria, Giambatista

1716 - 1781
active 1740-1760, optician, optical instrument maker, Italian

Burlini, Biasio

1709 - 1771
1704-1764, clock maker (NOT the inventor of the the flying shuttle), English

Kay, John

1704 - 1764
1721-1788, artist; painter, British

Wilson, Benjamin

1721 - 1788
1711-1770, politician; First Lord of the Admiralty, British; English

Perceval, John

1711 - 1770
1717-1788, mathematician; astronomer, English

Ludlam, William

1717 - 1788
1672-1733, scholar, Swiss

Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob

1672 - 1733
1703-1772, itinerant oculist, English

Taylor, John

1703 - 1772
1661-1737, physician, French

Hecquet, Philippe

1661 - 1737
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765
1724-1968, book publisher, London

Longman

1724 - 1968
bap. 1730, d. 1802, engraver, British

Basire, James

1730 - 1802
1723-1798, architect; draughtsman, English; British

Sandby, Thomas

1723 - 1798