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active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
1752-1834; inventor; French

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

1752 - 1834
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Beddoes, Thomas

1760 - 1808

Jenner, Edward (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1823

Withering, William (MD, FRS)

1741 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

Bill, Robert

1754 - 1827

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Short, James

1710 - 1768

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

Fortin, Nicolas

1750 - 1831

Faden, William

1749 - 1836

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Priestley, Joseph (FRS, LLD)

1733 - 1804

Thompson, Benjamin (Count von Rumford)

1753 - 1814

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799

Jackson, Cyril

1746 - 1819

Banks, Joseph (Bt)

1743 - 1820

Reynolds, Richard

1735 - 1816

Bentham, Samuel

1757 - 1831

Currie, James

1756 - 1805

Coke, Thomas William (first earl of Leicester of Holkham)

1745 - 1842
1738-1819, physician, Belgian

Hende, Jean-François-Laurent van

1738 - 1819
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

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

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
1748-1832, philosopher; jurist; reformer, English

Bentham, Jeremy

1748 - 1832
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
1752-1840, physician; naturalist; physiologist; anthropologist. German

Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich

1752 - 1840
1718-1791, physician, Irish

Quin, Henry

1718 - 1791
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811