Industry
Place
Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
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

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

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843

1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Carlisle Spedding

1696 - 1755

1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Gerard Van Swieten

1700 - 1772

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

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

Henry Hindley

1701 - 1771

1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780

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

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

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

1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Thomas Phelps

1694 - 1776

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

Willem Jacob 's Gravesande

1688 - 1742

Charles Labelye

1705 - 1781

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 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Benjamin Scott

1690 - 1751

1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Georg Daniel Heumann

1691 - 1759

1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Jacques Mesnard

1685 - 1746

active 1728, d. 1775

John Sigismund Tanner

1700 - 1775

1696-1777, chemist, French

Louis-Claude Bourdelin

1696 - 1777

Benjamin Martin

1705 - 1782

1687-1761, medallist, French

Jean Duvivier

1687 - 1761

1690-1754, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Henricus Josephus Rega

1690 - 1754

c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Thomas Pingo

1692 - 1712

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

Francois Morellon La Cave

1696 - 1769

1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

James Bradley

1692 - 1762

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

George Anson

1697 - 1762

1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Christopher Jacob Trew

1695 - 1769

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

European Magazine

1701 - 1806

1685-1761, industrialist, Swedish

Jonas Alstromer

1685 - 1761

1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

John Opie

1705 - 1807

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

Thomas Hudson

1701 - 1779

John Harrison

1693 - 1776

active 1710-1748, scientific instrument maker, English

William Deane

1690 - 1750

1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

William Cheselden

1688 - 1752

1697-1764, medallist; mint master, German

Martin Holtzhey

1697 - 1764

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

Joseph Nicolas De L'Isle

1688 - 1768