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1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Willis, Francis

1718 - 1807
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792

Adams, George

1709 - 1772
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Euler, Leonhard

1707 - 1783
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
1741-1980s?, manufacturing chemist, London England

Burgoyne, Burbidges and Company Limited

1741
active 1720-?, surgical instrument maker, English?

Savigny and Company

1720
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809
1709-1772, active 1734-72, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, lecturer, English

Adams, George

1709 - 1772
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

1732 - 1797
1716-1772, civil engineer, English; British

Brindley, James

1716 - 1772
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
active 1725-current (2009), hospital, English; British

Guy's Hospital

1725
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Ramsden, Jesse

1735 - 1800
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Mudge, Thomas

1715 - 1794
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
1741-1799, physician; inventor of 'Perkins Tractors', American

Perkins, Elisha

1741 - 1799
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls

1723 - 1777
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Roux, Joseph

1725 - 1793
1707-1778, naturalist; taxonomist, Swedish

Linnaeus, Carl

1707 - 1778
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Woulfe, Peter

1727 - 1805
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George III

1738 - 1820
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

Hargreaves, James

1720 - 1778
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Vulliamy, Justin

1712 - 1797
1740-1814, medallist, German

Reich, Johann Christian

1740 - 1814

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809
active 1735-current, jeweller; goldsmith; silversmith, clock-maker; watchmaker, English

Garrard and Company Limited

1735

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Bayly, William

1737 - 1810