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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
1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

1741 - 1832
1738-1809, bookseller, British

Johnson, Joseph

1738 - 1809
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793
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
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
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
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
1740-1813, typographer; type-designer; printer; publisher, Italian

Bodonius, Giambattista

1740 - 1813
1731-1809, painter; engraver; artist, British; English

Sandby, Paul

1731 - 1809
c. 1741-1793?, portraitist, British

Cunningham, Edward Francis

1741 - 1793
1710-1767, 10th Earl of Buchan; draughtsman; engraver, Scottish

Erskine, Henry David

1710 - 1767
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812
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
1741-1828, sculptor, French

Houdon, Jean-Antoine

1741 - 1828