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Comte de Buffon, 1707-1788, naturalist, French

Leclerc, Georges Louis

1707 - 1788
1765-1821, medical lecturer, British?

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
active 1757-1809, shipbuilder, Sweden, Swedish

Chapman, Fredrik Henrik

1721 - 1808
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Canot, Pierre-Charles

1710 - 1777
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Diderot, Denis

1713 - 1784
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819

Havell, Robert (senior)

1769 - 1832

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Radcliffe, William

1761 - 1842

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1768-1852, maker of clocks, watches, and nautical instruments, London, England

Massey, Edward

1768 - 1852
1756-1823, colliery manager, English; British

Curr, John

1756 - 1823
1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Hatchett, Charles

1765 - 1847
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

1754 - 1814
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795
dentist, American

Greenwood, John

1760 - 1819
1745-1804, aeronaut; balloonist, Scottish; British

Tytler, James

1745 - 1804
1750-1795, [Adams the Younger] active 1772-1795, mathematical instrument maker; globe maker, English; British

Adams, George

1750 - 1795
1708-1772, active 1731-1770, optician, optical instrument & microscope maker and seller, London, England, English

Cuff, John

1708 - 1772
1704-1781/1782, inventor of the flying shuttle, English; British

Kay, John

1704
1769-1821, Emperor of France

Napoleon I

1769 - 1821
1775-1849, naturalist, English; British

Clift, William

1775 - 1849
1756-1832, physician; surgeon, British; English

Home, Sir Everard

1756 - 1832
1780-1854, horologist, British

Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis

1780 - 1854
1769-1841, cotton manufacturer, Scottish; British

Buchanan, Archibald

1769 - 1841
1760-1834, naval officer, British

Carew, Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell

1760 - 1834
1710-1761, mathematician, British; English

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761
1750-1833, botanist, French

Desfontaines, Rene Louiche

1750 - 1833
1705-1781, civil engineer; mathematician, Swiss

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781
1776-1866, engineer, active in Russia, British; Scottish

Wilson, Alexander

1776 - 1866
1743-1817, physician, Scottish

Saunders, William

1743 - 1817
1755-1821, physician, French

Corvisart, Jean-Nicolas

1755 - 1821
1747-1826, astronomer, German

Bode, Johann Elert

1747 - 1826
d. 1821, marine captain, American

Rogers, Moses

1779 - 1821
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
1700-1770, clergyman; physicist, French

Nollet, Jean Antoine

1700 - 1770
1717-1783, mathematician; mechanician; physicist; philosopher; music theorist, French

D'Alembert, Jean Le Rond

1717 - 1783

Newman, Jeremiah Whitaker

1759 - 1839

Greenough, George Bellas

1778 - 1855

Inchbald, Elizabeth

1753 - 1821