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1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1743/4-1789, wife of John Arnold, mother of John Roger Arnold, chronometer makers, English

Margaret Arnold

1743 - 1789
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles

1756 - 1836
1792-1849, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

William

1792 - 1849
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

William Austin Burt

1792 - 1858
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Denis Diderot

1713 - 1784
1795-1846, inventor of lawn mower, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, British

Edwin Budding

1795 - 1846
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Francis Ronalds

1788 - 1873
active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Benjamin Vulliamy

1747 - 1811
1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Peter Nicholson

1765 - 1844
1794-1878, mycologist; botanist, Swedish

Elias Magnus Fries

1794 - 1878
1788-1856, sculptor; medallist, French

David D'Angers

1788 - 1856
1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Charles Hatchett

1765 - 1847
1756-1823, colliery manager, English; British

John Curr

1756 - 1823
1781-1841, sculptor, British; English

Francis Legatt Chantrey

1781 - 1841
1762-1836, physician; founder of macrobiotics; professor at Berlin University, German

Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

1762 - 1836
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Clemente Susini

1754 - 1814
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Pierre-Charles Canot

1710 - 1777
1749-1806, engraver, British

Francis Chesham

1749 - 1806
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Georg Daniel Heumann

1691 - 1759
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Augustus Charles Pugin

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

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792
1748-1808, clock and watchmaker, London, England, British

George Margetts

1748 - 1808
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

James Bradley

1692 - 1762
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Reinhard Woltman

1712 - 1837
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Henry Booth

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Gilles Louis Chrétien

1754 - 1811
1800-1872, engraver; medallist, Swiss

Jakob Friedrich Aberli

1800 - 1872
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

George Cayley

1773 - 1857
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Patrick Brydone

1736 - 1818
1737-1802

Thomas Williams

1737 - 1802
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Carl Joseph Begas

1794 - 1854
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Abraham Bennet

1749 - 1799
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Justin Vulliamy

1712 - 1797
active 1780-1812 in London, artist, German

Joseph Constantine Stadler

1780 - 1822
1798-1873, architect, English, British

William Tite

1798 - 1873
1773-1858, botanist; explorer; gardener; traveller, French

Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland

1773 - 1858
1789-1867, medallist; engraver, Italian

Luigi Cossa

1789 - 1867
c. 1780-1837, engineer, British

Barrodall Robert Dodd

1780 - 1837
1798-1836, illustrator; caricaturist, British

Robert Seymour

1798 - 1836
1769-1832, zoologist; naturalist, French

Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier

1769 - 1832
1763-1805, engineer; cleric, French

Claude Chappe

1763 - 1805
1783-1842, portrait painter; miniature painter, British; English

Albin Roberts Burt

1783 - 1842