Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883

1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740

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

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

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757

1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763

1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759

1738-1809, bookseller, British

Johnson, Joseph

1738 - 1809

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

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

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793

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

1737-1802

Williams, Thomas

1737 - 1802

1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792

1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780

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

Hutton, James

1715 - 1795

1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810

1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748

1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

1728 - 1808

1709/10-1783, Pinchbeck the younger, clock-maker; watchmaker, British

Pinchbeck, Christopher

1709 - 1783

active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747

1709-1780, landscape engraver, French-born; British

Vivares, Francis

1709 - 1780

c1716-1788, active 1756-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1716 - 1788

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

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792

1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Schmutz, Johann Rudolf

1670 - 1715

1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793

1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767

active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783

1729-1799, priest; physiologist; biologist, Italian

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

1729 - 1799

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

Arnold, John

1735 - 1799

1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751

1705-1779, portrait artist, Swedish

Brander, Fredrik

1705 - 1779

active 1752-1761, optician, previously a silk weaver, English; British

Dollond, John

1707 - 1761

1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772

1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807

1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

1736 - 1806

bap. 1731, d. 1817, engraver, English

Hancock, Robert

1731 - 1817

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

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744

bap 1716-1783, landscape gardener; architect, English; British

Brown, Capability

1716 - 1783

1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803

1740-1810, balloon pioneer, French

Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel

1740 - 1810

1730-1774?, physician; French

Le Thieullier, Louis Pierre Felix Rene

1730 - 1774

1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762

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

George II

1683 - 1760

1734-1815, physician; astrologist, German

Mesmer, Franz Anton

1734 - 1815

1681-1754, artist, draughtsman, engraver, painter, printmaker, French

Rigaud, J

1681 - 1754

1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

1692 - 1761

1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

Hargreaves, James

1720 - 1778