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

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1823-1834, scientific instrument maker, Edinburgh, Scotland

Adie, Alexander

1775 - 1204
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
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
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Canot, Pierre-Charles

1710 - 1777
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
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
1768-1852, maker of clocks, watches, and nautical instruments, London, England

Massey, Edward

1768 - 1852
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

1754 - 1814

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

Bakewell, Robert

1768 - 1843

Cooper, Astley Paston (first baronet)

1768 - 1841

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Ewart, Peter

1767 - 1843

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834

Baillie, Matthew

1761 - 1823

Rastrick, John Urpeth

1780 - 1856

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Beddoes, Thomas

1760 - 1808

Hargreaves, John

1780 - 1860

Dutrochet, Rene-Joachim-Henri

1776 - 1847

Wollaston, William Hyde

1766 - 1828

Jenner, Edward (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1823

Withering, William (MD, FRS)

1741 - 1799

Hamilton, Robert

1778 - 1838

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Perkins, Jacob

1766 - 1849