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1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
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
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
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

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

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

1729 - 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
bap. 1731, d. 1817, engraver, English

Hancock, Robert

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

Brown, Capability

1716 - 1783
1730-1774?, physician; French

Le Thieullier, Louis Pierre Felix Rene

1730 - 1774
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
1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Mudge, Thomas

1715 - 1794
1731-1809, painter; engraver; artist, British; English

Sandby, Paul

1731 - 1809
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
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Miller, Patrick

1731 - 1815
1717-1799, Roman Catholic Pope 1775-1799, Italian

Pius VI

1717 - 1799
1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Brambilla, Giovanni Alessandro

1728 - 1800
1726-1765, printmaker; artist; draughtsman; engraver, British

Walker, Anthony

1726 - 1765
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
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Filley de la Barre, Pierre

1713 - 1779

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Short, James

1710 - 1768
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
1718-1791, physician, Irish

Quin, Henry

1718 - 1791