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1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Willis, Francis

1718 - 1807
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

1690
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Kay, John

1704 - 1781

Adams, George

1709 - 1772

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Euler, Leonhard

1707 - 1783
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
active 1720-?, surgical instrument maker, English?

Savigny and Company

1720
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Spedding, Carlisle

1696 - 1755
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Glynne, Richard

1681 - 1755
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
1709-1772, active 1734-72, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, lecturer, English

Adams, George

1709 - 1772
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
1716-1772, civil engineer, English; British

Brindley, James

1716 - 1772
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
active 1725-current (2009), hospital, English; British

Guy's Hospital

1725
1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Mudge, Thomas

1715 - 1794
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Van Swieten, Gerard

1700 - 1772
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

1695 - 1766
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista

1682 - 1771
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls

1723 - 1777
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Roux, Joseph

1725 - 1793
1707-1778, naturalist; taxonomist, Swedish

Linnaeus, Carl

1707 - 1778
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Sisson, Jonathan

1690 - 1747
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

1692 - 1761
1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

Hargreaves, James

1720 - 1778
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Vulliamy, Justin

1712 - 1797
c. 1717-1786, artist; printmaker; anatomist, French

Gautier d'Agoty, Jacques-Fabien

1717 - 1786
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744
1700?-1771, clockmaker; mechanician, British; English

Hindley, Henry

1701 - 1771
1721-1793, physician; surgeon, English; British

Mudge, John

1710 - 1793

Hedges, Nick

194
1709/10-1783, Pinchbeck the younger, clock-maker; watchmaker, British

Pinchbeck, Christopher

1709 - 1783
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765
1708-1772, active 1731-1770, optician, optical instrument & microscope maker and seller, London, England, English

Cuff, John

1708 - 1772