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

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Mesnard, Jacques

1685 - 1746
1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762
Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

1695 - 1766
1687-1765, antiquary; natural philosopher, British

Stukeley, William

1687 - 1765
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista

1682 - 1771

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
1684-1734

Chadwicke, John

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

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
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
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767
1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744
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
1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Trew, Christopher Jacob

1695 - 1769
1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

Cheselden, William

1688 - 1752

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
c. 1695-1756, printmaker; engraver, British

Faber, the younger, John

1695 - 1756
1696-1776, illustrator, British

Vandergucht, Gerard

1696 - 1776
1683-1758, anatomist; surgeon, German

Heister, Lorenz

1683 - 1758
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Sisson, Jonathan

1690 - 1747
1688-1742, scientist; professor at the University of Leiden, Dutch

Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's

1688 - 1742
1697-1764, medallist; mint master, German

Holtzhey, Martin

1697 - 1764
1686-1743, astronomer, Indian

Jai Singh

1686 - 1743
active 1690-1760?, surgical instrument maker; cutler, London

Best, John

1690 - 1760
1683-1746, active 1730s, artist, Jerseyan

Lemprière, Clement

1683 - 1746
c. 1680-1751, portrait painter; artist, British

Gibson, Thomas

1680 - 1751
1682-1745, garden designer; writer, English

Switzer, Stephen

1682 - 1745
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Spedding, Carlisle

1696 - 1755
1696-1777, chemist, French

Bourdelin, Louis-Claude

1696 - 1777
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Allen, Ralph

1693 - 1764
1685-1750, musical composer, German

Bach, Johann Sebastian

1685 - 1750
1687-1761, medallist, French

Duvivier, Jean

1687 - 1761
1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Phelps, Thomas

1694 - 1776