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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
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
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Leonhard Euler

1707 - 1783

Thomas Simpson

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

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
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
1709-1772, active 1734-72, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, lecturer, English

George Adams

1709 - 1772
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Gerard Van Swieten

1700 - 1772
1707-1778, naturalist; taxonomist, Swedish

Carl Linnaeus

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

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jonathan Sisson

1690 - 1747
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole

1695 - 1766
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1700?-1771, clockmaker; mechanician, British; English

Henry Hindley

1701 - 1771
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1721-1793, physician; surgeon, English; British

John Mudge

1710 - 1793
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780
1710-1768, active 1734-1768, optical instrument maker, British; Scottish

James Short

1710 - 1768
1704-1781/1782, inventor of the flying shuttle, English; British

John Kay

1704
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Ralph Allen

1693 - 1764
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Jan van Musschenbroek

1687 - 1748
1710-1776, lecturer; inventor; astronomer, Scottish; British

James Ferguson

1710 - 1776
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Jean-Baptiste Falcon

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

Matthew Loft

1697 - 1747
1708-1772, active 1731-1770, optician, optical instrument & microscope maker and seller, London, England, English

John Cuff

1708 - 1772
1709/10-1783, Pinchbeck the younger, clock-maker; watchmaker, British

Christopher Pinchbeck

1709 - 1783
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

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

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
1703-1791, Church of England clergyman; founder of Methodism, English

John Wesley

1703 - 1791

Stephen Charles Triboudet Demainbray

1710 - 1782
1709-1776, active 1745-1776, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

John Bird

1709 - 1776
1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Thomas Phelps

1694 - 1776
1710-1782, natural philosopher; astronomer, British

Stephen Charles Triboudet Demainbray

1710 - 1782
1688-1742, scientist; professor at the University of Leiden, Dutch

Willem Jacob 's Gravesande

1688 - 1742
1682-1745, garden designer; writer, English

Stephen Switzer

1682 - 1745

Charles Labelye

1705 - 1781
active 1752-1761, optician, previously a silk weaver, English; British

John Dollond

1707 - 1761
1704-1764, clock maker (NOT the inventor of the the flying shuttle), English

John Kay

1704 - 1764
1686-1743, astronomer, Indian

Jai Singh

1686 - 1743
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
active 1740-1760, optician, optical instrument maker, Italian

Biasio Burlini

1709 - 1771
1706-1790, natural philosopher; writer; revolutionary politican, American

Benjamin Franklin

1706 - 1790
active 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Benjamin Scott

1690 - 1751
1785-1867, surgeon; astronomer, British

James South

1710 - 1867