Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806

1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883

1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811

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

1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838

1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825

1755-1816, engraver; artist; draughtsman, Swedish

Martin, Johann Frederik

1755 - 1816

1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763

1753-1814, scientist; natural philosopher; philanthropist, American-born; British?

Thompson, Count von Rumford, Sir Benjamin

1753 - 1814

1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759

1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

1741 - 1832

1738-1809, bookseller, British

Johnson, Joseph

1738 - 1809

1747-1821, landscape painter; diarist, English; British

Farington, Joseph

1747 - 1821

1747-1823, watchmaker; horologist, Swiss; French

Bréguet, Abraham-Louis

1747 - 1823

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

1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848

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

1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840

1737-1802

Williams, Thomas

1737 - 1802

1758-1828, millwright, French

Brezin, Michel

1758 - 1828

1756-1823, artist; portraitist, Scottish; British

Raeburn, Sir Henry

1756 - 1823

1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792

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

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799

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

1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German

Löscher, Carl Emanuel

1750 - 1813

1759-1842, mechanical engineer, English; British

Vivian, Andrew

1759 - 1842

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

1752-1817, artist; publisher, Welsh; British

Boydell, Josiah

1752 - 1817

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

1753-1828, artist; engraver; writer, British; English

Bewick, Thomas

1753 - 1828

1745-1798, portrait painter; artist, German

Hickel, Karl Anton

1745 - 1798

bap. 1753, d. 1828, aeronaut; balloonist; chemist, English

Sadler, James

1753 - 1828

active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783