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

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751
active 1681 - present (2010), cutlers and electroplaters, Sheffield

George Butler & Co

1681
1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Thomas Tuttell

1674 - 1702
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Richard Glynne

1681 - 1755
active 1700-1737, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Edmund Culpeper

1670 - 1737
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole

1695 - 1766
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jonathan Sisson

1690 - 1747
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761
1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Jan van Musschenbroek

1687 - 1748
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Ralph Allen

1693 - 1764
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
1674-1731, 4th Earl of Orrery, nobleman; statesman; patron of the sciences, Irish

Charles Boyle

1674 - 1731
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690

Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761
1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Thomas Phelps

1694 - 1776
bap. 1678, d. 1740, publisher; map maker; globe maker, English

John Senex

1678 - 1740
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749

Gottfried Rothe

1679 - 1710
active 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Benjamin Scott

1690 - 1751
1686-1743, astronomer, Indian

Jai Singh

1686 - 1743
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Thomas Pingo

1692 - 1712
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Jacques Mesnard

1685 - 1746
1682-1766, scientist; anatomist, Italian

Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari

1682 - 1766

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1690-1754, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Henricus Josephus Rega

1690 - 1754
1688-1768, geographer/cartographer, physicist & astronomer, French

Joseph Nicolas De L'Isle

1688 - 1768
1683 -1741, pharmacist, German

Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

1683 - 1741

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1668-1707, doctor; medical researcher; anatomist; pathologist; physician, Croatian-born Armenian

Giorgio Baglivi

1668 - 1707
1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Christopher Jacob Trew

1695 - 1769
active 1710-1748, scientific instrument maker, English

William Deane

1690 - 1750
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
active 1690-1760?, surgical instrument maker; cutler, London

John Best

1690 - 1760
1684-1756, engraver; antiquary, British

George Vertue

1684 - 1756
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Isaac Whood

1689 - 1752
1692-1780, writer, English; British

Richard Lovett

1692 - 1780
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

Peter King

1669 - 1734
1671-1734, cattleman; outlaw, Scottish

Robert Roy MacGregor

1671 - 1734
1673-1754, physician, English

Richard Mead

1673 - 1754
1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Thomas Coram

1668 - 1751