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1752 or 1754-1811, medallist, die-engraver, German; Prussian

Abramson, Abraham

1752 - 1811
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
1765-1821, medical lecturer, British?

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
1679-1710, chemist, German

Rothe, Gottfried

1679 - 1710
active 1757-1809, shipbuilder, Sweden, Swedish

Chapman, Fredrik Henrik

1721 - 1808
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Canot, Pierre-Charles

1710 - 1777
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
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
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Miller, Patrick

1731 - 1815
1753-1824, lawyer; statesman; 1st Duke of Parma, later 1st Duke of Cambaceres, French

Cambaceres, Jean Jacques Regis de

1753 - 1824
1759-1818, artist; painter, Swedish

Breda, Carl Fredrik von

1759 - 1818
1751-1820, vice-admiral in the Royal Navy, British

Grindall, Admiral Sir Richard

1751 - 1820
1780-1860, artist; portrait painter; painter; illustrator, Swiss

Chalon, Alfred Edward

1780 - 1860
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
active 1782-1831, map, chart and globe seller, engraver, English; British

Cary, John

1760 - 1831
1769-1821, midwife; obstetrician, French

Lachapelle, Marie-Louise

1769 - 1821
1778-1856, artist, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, English; British

Waite, William Watkin

1778 - 1856
1747-1832, physician; surgeon, Italian

Palletta, Giovanni Battista

1747 - 1832
1717-1799, Roman Catholic Pope 1775-1799, Italian

Pius VI

1717 - 1799
1767-1830, hotelier; engineer, Scottish; British

Bell, Henry

1767 - 1830
1756-1821, scientific instrument maker, German

Beringer, David

1756 - 1821
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles X

1756 - 1836
1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Brambilla, Giovanni Alessandro

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

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1754-1840, active 1777-1785, botanist; explorer, Spanish

Pavón Jiménez, José Antonio

1754 - 1840
1775-1851, physician; chemist; geologist, English; British

Kidd, John

1775 - 1851
1726-1765, printmaker; artist; draughtsman; engraver, British

Walker, Anthony

1726 - 1765
1741-1828, sculptor, French

Houdon, Jean-Antoine

1741 - 1828
1703-1781, surgeon, French

Côme, Frère

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

Hustin

1715 - 1780
1742-1806, man- midwife; surgeon; anatomist, English

Rowley, William

1742 - 1806
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

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

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752
active, 1783-1818, globe maker, British

Newton, John

1759 - 1844
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Mesnard, Jacques

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

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1776-1833, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Spode

1776 - 1833
1736-1790, mineralogist, French

Romé de L'Isle, Jean-Baptiste Louis

1736 - 1790
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789
1740-1827, physician, English

Haygarth, John

1740 - 1827
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809