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

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
active 1681 - present (2010), cutlers and electroplaters, Sheffield

George Butler & Co

1681
Baron Anson

George Anson

1697 - 1762
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

William Smellie

1697 - 1763
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Carlisle Spedding

1696 - 1755
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Richard Glynne

1681 - 1755
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole

1695 - 1766
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jonathan Sisson

1690 - 1747
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Jan van Musschenbroek

1687 - 1748
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Ralph Allen

1693 - 1764
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Matthew Loft

1697 - 1747

Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761
1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Thomas Phelps

1694 - 1776
bap. 1678, d. 1740, publisher; map maker; globe maker, English

John Senex

1678 - 1740

Gottfried Rothe

1679 - 1710
active 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Benjamin Scott

1690 - 1751
1686-1743, astronomer, Indian

Jai Singh

1686 - 1743
1696-1777, chemist, French

Louis-Claude Bourdelin

1696 - 1777
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Thomas Pingo

1692 - 1712
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Jacques Mesnard

1685 - 1746
1682-1766, scientist; anatomist, Italian

Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari

1682 - 1766

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
1690-1754, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Henricus Josephus Rega

1690 - 1754
1697-1764, astronomer; politician, England, British

George Parker

1697 - 1764
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

George Anson

1697 - 1762
1683 -1741, pharmacist, German

Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

1683 - 1741
1688-1768, geographer/cartographer, physicist & astronomer, French

Joseph Nicolas De L'Isle

1688 - 1768
active 1730s-1750s, engraver; portrait miniatturist, French

Francois Morellon La Cave

1696 - 1769
1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Christopher Jacob Trew

1695 - 1769
active 1710-1748, scientific instrument maker, English

William Deane

1690 - 1750
1696-1787, philosopher; naturalist, Polish born; German

Samuel Christian Hollman

1696 - 1787
1697-1764, medallist; mint master, German

Martin Holtzhey

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

William Hogarth

1697 - 1764
active 1690-1760?, surgical instrument maker; cutler, London

John Best

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

George II

1683 - 1760
1684-1756, engraver; antiquary, British

George Vertue

1684 - 1756
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Isaac Whood

1689 - 1752
1692-1780, writer, English; British

Richard Lovett

1692 - 1780

William Hogarth

1697 - 1764
1684-1734

John Chadwicke

1684 - 1734
1699–1773, book illustrator; engraver, Paris, France, French

Hubert-François Gravelot

1699 - 1773