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1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

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

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

1737 - 1816
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825
1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

1741 - 1832
1738-1809, bookseller, British

Johnson, Joseph

1738 - 1809
1747-1821, landscape painter; diarist, English; British

Farington, Joseph

1747 - 1821
1747-1823, watchmaker; horologist, Swiss; French

Bréguet, Abraham-Louis

1747 - 1823
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1739/40-1817, aeronaut; military theorist; army officer, English

Money, John

1739 - 1817
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1737-1802

Williams, Thomas

1737 - 1802
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

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

Hutton, James

1715 - 1795
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810
1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German

Löscher, Carl Emanuel

1750 - 1813
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

1728 - 1808
1709/10-1783, Pinchbeck the younger, clock-maker; watchmaker, British

Pinchbeck, Christopher

1709 - 1783
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
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
1745-1798, portrait painter; artist, German

Hickel, Karl Anton

1745 - 1798
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783
1729-1799, priest; physiologist; biologist, Italian

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

1729 - 1799
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

Arnold, John

1735 - 1799
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
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

1736 - 1806
1742-1821, artist; collector, English; British

Cosway, Richard

1742 - 1821
bap. 1731, d. 1817, engraver, English

Hancock, Robert

1731 - 1817
bap 1716-1783, landscape gardener; architect, English; British

Brown, Capability

1716 - 1783
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1740-1810, balloon pioneer, French

Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel

1740 - 1810
1730-1774?, physician; French

Le Thieullier, Louis Pierre Felix Rene

1730 - 1774
1741-1790, Holy Roman Emperor, Austrian

Joseph II

1741 - 1790
1734-1815, physician; astrologist, German

Mesmer, Franz Anton

1734 - 1815
1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

Hargreaves, James

1720 - 1778
1734-1811, artist; painter; politician, English; British

Dance, Nathaniel

1734 - 1811
1749-1829, chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Earnshaw, Thomas

1749 - 1829
1748-1822, chemist; Savoyard French

Berthollet, Claude-Louis

1748 - 1822
1711-1756, optical instrument maker, German (Prussian)

Mittsdorfer, Johan Georg

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

Copland, James

1711 - 1870
1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Mudge, Thomas

1715 - 1794