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Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Short, James

1710 - 1768

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
1684-1734

Chadwicke, John

1684 - 1734
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

Hodgson, James

1672 - 1755
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Dassier, Jean

1676 - 1763
1718-1791, physician, Irish

Quin, Henry

1718 - 1791
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
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
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
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1715-1795, Moravian minister; bookseller, English; British

Hutton, James

1715 - 1795
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
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
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783
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
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
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
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
1711-1756, optical instrument maker, German (Prussian)

Mittsdorfer, Johan Georg

1711 - 1756
1791-1870, physician, Scottish, British

Copland, James

1711 - 1870