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1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759
1693-1768, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; first duke of Newcastle under Lyme, prime minister, English

Holles, Thomas Pelham-

1693 - 1768
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1715-1795, Moravian minister; bookseller, English; British

Hutton, James

1715 - 1795
1709/10-1783, Pinchbeck the younger, clock-maker; watchmaker, British

Pinchbeck, Christopher

1709 - 1783
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
1709-1780, landscape engraver, French-born; British

Vivares, Francis

1709 - 1780
c1716-1788, active 1756-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1716 - 1788
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783
1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751
1705-1779, portrait artist, Swedish

Brander, Fredrik

1705 - 1779
active 1752-1761, optician, previously a silk weaver, English; British

Dollond, John

1707 - 1761
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807
bap 1716-1783, landscape gardener; architect, English; British

Brown, Capability

1716 - 1783
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

1692 - 1761
1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

Hargreaves, James

1720 - 1778
1711-1756, optical instrument maker, German (Prussian)

Mittsdorfer, Johan Georg

1711 - 1756
1791-1870, physician, Scottish, British

Copland, James

1711 - 1870
1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Trew, Christopher Jacob

1695 - 1769
1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Mudge, Thomas

1715 - 1794
1701-1779, artist; portrait painter; art collector, English

Hudson, Thomas

1701 - 1779
1710-1767, 10th Earl of Buchan; draughtsman; engraver, Scottish

Erskine, Henry David

1710 - 1767
1717-1799, Roman Catholic Pope 1775-1799, Italian

Pius VI

1717 - 1799
1703-1781, surgeon, French

Côme, Frère

1703 - 1781
active 1715-1780, manufacturer of ceramics, French

Hustin

1715 - 1780
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Short, James

1710 - 1768
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
1718-1791, physician, Irish

Quin, Henry

1718 - 1791

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
Comte de Buffon, 1707-1788, naturalist, French

Leclerc, Georges Louis

1707 - 1788