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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
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
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
1701-1779, artist; portrait painter; art collector, English

Hudson, Thomas

1701 - 1779
1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

Cheselden, William

1688 - 1752
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

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
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

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

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

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
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
1687-1765, antiquary; natural philosopher, British

Stukeley, William

1687 - 1765
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Van Swieten, Gerard

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

Roubiliac, Louis-François

1702 - 1762
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista

1682 - 1771
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Lethieullier, Smart

1701 - 1760
c. 1687-1722

Dallyson, Jane

1687 - 1722
1685-1761, industrialist, Swedish

Alstromer, Jonas

1685 - 1761
1692-1780, writer, English; British

Lovett, Richard

1692 - 1780
1782-1826, Philological Society magazine, London, England, British

European Magazine

1701 - 1806
1688-1768, geographer/cartographer, physicist & astronomer, French

L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas De

1688 - 1768
1690-1754, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Rega, Henricus Josephus

1690 - 1754
1696-1787, philosopher; naturalist, Polish born; German

Hollman, Samuel Christian

1696 - 1787
1683 -1741, pharmacist, German

Weinmann, Johann Wilhelm

1683 - 1741
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
active 1730s-1750s, engraver; portrait miniatturist, French

Cave, Francois Morellon La

1696 - 1769
1688-1772, scientist; philosopher; mystic; theologian, Swedish

Swedenborg, Emanuel

1688 - 1772