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1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789
1740-1827, physician, English

Haygarth, John

1740 - 1827
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

Roy, William

1726 - 1790
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
1731-1792, active 1760s-1770s, medallist, German? Polish?

Holzhaeusser, Johann Philip

1731 - 1792
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Vulliamy, Justin

1712 - 1797
1713-1788, horologist; scientist, British

Whitehurst, John

1713 - 1788
c. 1739-1807, active 1768-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1739 - 1807
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763
active 1735-1790, chronometer maker; watchmaker, London, England

Kendall, Larcum

1719 - 1790
active 1728, d. 1775

Tanner, John Sigismund

1700 - 1775
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

1695 - 1766
1734-1802, artist; painter; portraitist, English

Romney, George

1734 - 1802
1715-1781, industrialist; manufacturer of silk textiles, English

Roe, Charles

1715 - 1781
1729-1808, medallist, Dutch

Holtzhey, Johann Georg

1729 - 1808
active 1766-1804, optician, English; British

Dollond, John

1733 - 1805
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls

1723 - 1777
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Donne, Benjamin

1729 - 1798
1716-1781, physicist, Italian

Beccaria, Giambatista

1716 - 1781
active 1740-1760, optician, optical instrument maker, Italian

Burlini, Biasio

1709 - 1771
1704-1764, clock maker (NOT the inventor of the the flying shuttle), English

Kay, John

1704 - 1764
1721-1788, artist; painter, British

Wilson, Benjamin

1721 - 1788
1711-1770, politician; First Lord of the Admiralty, British; English

Perceval, John

1711 - 1770
1739-1812, printer, British

Walter, John

1739 - 1812
1717-1788, mathematician; astronomer, English

Ludlam, William

1717 - 1788
1703-1772, itinerant oculist, English

Taylor, John

1703 - 1772
1736/7-1805, decorative artist, British; English

Eginton, Francis

1736 - 1805
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765
1724-1968, book publisher, London

Longman

1724 - 1968
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George III

1738 - 1820
bap. 1730, d. 1802, engraver, British

Basire, James

1730 - 1802
1723-1798, architect; draughtsman, English; British

Sandby, Thomas

1723 - 1798
1712-1789, philanthropic educator, French

l'Epee, Charles Michel de

1712 - 1789
1711-1756, physician, anatomist, and physicist, German

Lieberkühn, Johann Nathanael

1711 - 1756
1723-1781, apothecary; chemist, British

Dalmahoy, Alexander

1723 - 1781
1718-1783, physician; anatomist; man-midwife, Scottish; British

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783
1726-1776, architect, British

Keene, Henry

1726 - 1776
1687-1765, antiquary; natural philosopher, British

Stukeley, William

1687 - 1765
1740-1814, medallist, German

Reich, Johann Christian

1740 - 1814
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Roux, Joseph

1725 - 1793
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Van Swieten, Gerard

1700 - 1772
1702/1705-1762, sculptor, French

Roubiliac, Louis-François

1702 - 1762
1736-1812, physician; amateur scientist, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1736 - 1812
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista

1682 - 1771
1720-1793, naturalist; philosopher; lawyer, Swiss

Bonnet, Charles

1720 - 1793
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793