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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
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

1728 - 1808
c1716-1788, active 1756-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1716 - 1788
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
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 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
1710-1767, 10th Earl of Buchan; draughtsman; engraver, Scottish

Erskine, Henry David

1710 - 1767
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
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

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

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

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

Roy, William

1726 - 1790
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Vulliamy, Justin

1712 - 1797
1713-1788, horologist; scientist, British

Whitehurst, John

1713 - 1788
active 1735-1790, chronometer maker; watchmaker, London, England

Kendall, Larcum

1719 - 1790
1715-1781, industrialist; manufacturer of silk textiles, English

Roe, Charles

1715 - 1781
1729-1808, medallist, Dutch

Holtzhey, Johann Georg

1729 - 1808
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls

1723 - 1777
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Donne, Benjamin

1729 - 1798
1716-1781, physicist, Italian

Beccaria, Giambatista

1716 - 1781
1721-1788, artist; painter, British

Wilson, Benjamin

1721 - 1788
1711-1770, politician; First Lord of the Admiralty, British; English

Perceval, John

1711 - 1770
1717-1788, mathematician; astronomer, English

Ludlam, William

1717 - 1788
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765
1724-1968, book publisher, London

Longman

1724 - 1968