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1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
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
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole

1695 - 1766
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jonathan Sisson

1690 - 1747
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761
1700?-1771, clockmaker; mechanician, British; English

Henry Hindley

1701 - 1771
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Ralph Allen

1693 - 1764
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Jean-Baptiste Falcon

1690
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Matthew Loft

1697 - 1747
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
active 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Benjamin Scott

1690 - 1751
1696-1777, chemist, French

Louis-Claude Bourdelin

1696 - 1777
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Georg Daniel Heumann

1691 - 1759
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Thomas Pingo

1692 - 1712
active 1728, d. 1775

John Sigismund Tanner

1700 - 1775
1690-1754, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Henricus Josephus Rega

1690 - 1754
1697-1764, astronomer; politician, England, British

George Parker

1697 - 1764
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883

John Harrison

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

James Bradley

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

George Anson

1697 - 1762
1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

William Cheselden

1688 - 1752
active 1730s-1750s, engraver; portrait miniatturist, French

Francois Morellon La Cave

1696 - 1769
1782-1826, Philological Society magazine, London, England, British

European Magazine

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

Joseph Nicolas De L'Isle

1688 - 1768
1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Christopher Jacob Trew

1695 - 1769
1701-1779, artist; portrait painter; art collector, English

Thomas Hudson

1701 - 1779
active 1710-1748, scientific instrument maker, English

William Deane

1690 - 1750
1696-1787, philosopher; naturalist, Polish born; German

Samuel Christian Hollman

1696 - 1787
1688-1772, scientist; philosopher; mystic; theologian, Swedish

Emanuel Swedenborg

1688 - 1772
1697-1764, medallist; mint master, German

Martin Holtzhey

1697 - 1764
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Jacob Folkema

1692 - 1767
1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

William Hogarth

1697 - 1764
1696-1746, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, English; British

Theophilus Hastings

1696 - 1746
active 1690-1760?, surgical instrument maker; cutler, London

John Best

1690 - 1760
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

William Hammond

1697 - 1732
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Isaac Whood

1689 - 1752
1692-1780, writer, English; British

Richard Lovett

1692 - 1780
1691-1779, medallist, French

Joseph-Charles Roettiers

1691 - 1779

Smart Lethieullier

1701 - 1760
1693-1768, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; first duke of Newcastle under Lyme, prime minister, English

Thomas Pelham-Holles

1693 - 1768

William Hogarth

1697 - 1764