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1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

1737 - 1816
1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

1769 - 1832
1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825
1786-1817, electrical researcher; lecturer, London, England

Singer, George John

1786 - 1817
active 1790-1820, mathematical, philosophical, nautical & optical instrument makers, Paris, France

Jecker, Francoise-Antoine

1765 - 1834
1755-1816, engraver; artist; draughtsman, Swedish

Martin, Johann Frederik

1755 - 1816
1770-1843, anatomist, Irish

Macartney, James

1770 - 1843
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
1753-1814, scientist; natural philosopher; philanthropist, American-born; British?

Thompson, Count von Rumford, Sir Benjamin

1753 - 1814
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Pugin, Augustus Charles

1762 - 1832
1787-1855, antiquary, portuguese scholar and railway administrator, Newcastle, British

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759
1781-1868, natural philosopher and academic administrator, Scottish; British

Brewster, Sir David

1781 - 1868
1771-1802, physician; anatomist; physiologist, French

Bichat, Marie Francois Xavier

1771 - 1802
1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

1741 - 1832
1738-1809, bookseller, British

Johnson, Joseph

1738 - 1809
1747-1821, landscape painter; diarist, English; British

Farington, Joseph

1747 - 1821
1769-1823, aeronaut; parachutist , French

Garnerin, Andre Jacques

1769 - 1823
1786-1862, medallist, Belgian

De Hondt, François

1786 - 1862
1778-1865, lecturer in science and astronomy, British

Walker, Deane Franklin

1778 - 1865
1747-1823, watchmaker; horologist, Swiss; French

Bréguet, Abraham-Louis

1747 - 1823
1683-1744, natural philosopher; engineer, French born, active England

Desaguliers, John Theophilus

1683 - 1744
active 1790-1815, printmaker, British

Godby, James

1790 - 1815
1693-1768, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; first duke of Newcastle under Lyme, prime minister, English

Holles, Thomas Pelham-

1693 - 1768
1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

Leslie, Sir John

1766 - 1832
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793
1786-1869, wine merchant; amateur microscopist, British; English

Lister, Joseph Jackson

1786 - 1869
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1739/40-1817, aeronaut; military theorist; army officer, English

Money, John

1739 - 1817
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1769-1859, naturalist; explorer, German

Humboldt, Alexander von

1769 - 1859
1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840
1737-1802

Williams, Thomas

1737 - 1802
1786-1862, shipping broker, British

Willcox, Brodie McGhie

1786 - 1862
1758-1828, millwright, French

Brezin, Michel

1758 - 1828
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

Cayley, Sir George

1773 - 1857
1756-1823, artist; portraitist, Scottish; British

Raeburn, Sir Henry

1756 - 1823
1778-1850, chemist; physicist, French

Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis

1778 - 1850
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792