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

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

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

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Spedding, Carlisle

1696 - 1755
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Van Swieten, Gerard

1700 - 1772
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

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

Sisson, Jonathan

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

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

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

Hindley, Henry

1701 - 1771

Hedges, Nick

194
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Allen, Ralph

1693 - 1764
1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Phelps, Thomas

1694 - 1776
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
b. 1696, active 1729-1747, globe & map maker, surveyor, publisher, English; British

Cushee, Richard

1696
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759
active 1730s-1750s, engraver; portrait miniatturist, French

Cave, Francois Morellon La

1696 - 1769
active 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Scott, Benjamin

1690 - 1751
active 1700s-?, military hospital, Strasbourg, Alsace, France

Strasbourg Military Hospital

1693

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Trew, Christopher Jacob

1695 - 1769
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

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

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
active 1728, d. 1775

Tanner, John Sigismund

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

Rega, Henricus Josephus

1690 - 1754
active 1710-1748, scientific instrument maker, English

Deane, William

1690 - 1750

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732
1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757
1693-1768, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; first duke of Newcastle under Lyme, prime minister, English

Holles, Thomas Pelham-

1693 - 1768
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767
1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751
1701-1779, artist; portrait painter; art collector, English

Hudson, Thomas

1701 - 1779
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752
1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1702/1705-1762, sculptor, French

Roubiliac, Louis-François

1702 - 1762
1700-1770, clergyman; physicist, French

Nollet, Jean Antoine

1700 - 1770

Lethieullier, Smart

1701 - 1760
1692-1780, writer, English; British

Lovett, Richard

1692 - 1780
1782-1826, Philological Society magazine, London, England, British

European Magazine

1701 - 1806
1696-1787, philosopher; naturalist, Polish born; German

Hollman, Samuel Christian

1696 - 1787
1701-1770, Italian

Cervi, Joseph

1701 - 1770
1697-1764, astronomer; politician, England, British

Parker, George

1697 - 1764
1697-1767, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish; British

Monro, Alexander

1697 - 1767
c. 1695-1756, printmaker; engraver, British

Faber, the younger, John

1695 - 1756