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1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Francis Willis

1718 - 1807
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Anna Morandi Manzolini

1716 - 1774
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

James Lind

1716 - 1794
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi

1711 - 1778
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
Mr

John Kay

1704 - 1780
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Benjamin Martin

1705 - 1782
Baron Anson

George Anson

1697 - 1762
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

William Smellie

1697 - 1763
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Leonhard Euler

1707 - 1783
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

William Herschel

1738 - 1822
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

John Hunter

1728 - 1793

Thomas Simpson

1710 - 1761
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger

1722 - 1809
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

James Six

1731 - 1793
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Carlisle Spedding

1696 - 1755
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Johann Christoph Voigtlander

1732 - 1797
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Richard Glynne

1681 - 1755
1709-1772, active 1734-72, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, lecturer, English

George Adams

1709 - 1772
1716-1772, civil engineer, English; British

James Brindley

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

Francis Watkins

1723 - 1791
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

John Smeaton

1724 - 1792
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792
1735-1819, medallist, German

Daniel Friedrich Loos

1735 - 1819
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Gerard Van Swieten

1700 - 1772
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1740 - 1812
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George

1738 - 1820
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Joseph Roux

1725 - 1793

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1707-1778, naturalist; taxonomist, Swedish

Carl Linnaeus

1707 - 1778
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Jesse Ramsden

1735 - 1800
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jonathan Sisson

1690 - 1747
1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Thomas Mudge

1715 - 1794
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole

1695 - 1766
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

1723 - 1777
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Justin Vulliamy

1712 - 1797
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Gowin Knight

1713 - 1772
Sir

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792