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1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Francis Willis

1718 - 1807
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Anna Morandi Manzolini

1716 - 1774
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

James Lind

1716 - 1794
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi

1711 - 1778
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793

Thomas Simpson

1710 - 1761
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

John Hunter

1728 - 1793
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger

1722 - 1809
1716-1772, civil engineer, English; British

James Brindley

1716 - 1772
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Francis Watkins

1723 - 1791
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

John Smeaton

1724 - 1792

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Joseph Roux

1725 - 1793
1715 or 1716-1794, horologist; marine escapement and watchmaker, London, England, English

Thomas Mudge

1715 - 1794
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

1723 - 1777
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Gowin Knight

1713 - 1772
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Justin Vulliamy

1712 - 1797
1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

James Hargreaves

1720 - 1778
c. 1717-1786, artist; printmaker; anatomist, French

Jacques-Fabien Gautier

1717 - 1786
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Peter Woulfe

1727 - 1805
1721-1793, physician; surgeon, English; British

John Mudge

1710 - 1793
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

John Wilkinson

1728 - 1808
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Georg Friedrich Brander

1713 - 1783
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

1722 - 1765
1710-1768, active 1734-1768, optical instrument maker, British; Scottish

James Short

1710 - 1768
active 1770s-1780s, marine chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Josiah Emery

1725 - 1794
1710-1776, lecturer; inventor; astronomer, Scottish; British

James Ferguson

1710 - 1776

Stephen Charles Triboudet Demainbray

1710 - 1782
active 1735-1790, chronometer maker; watchmaker, London, England

Larcum Kendall

1719 - 1790
1711-1788, active 1748-1776, optician, Edinburgh & London, Scottish; British

Thomas Short

1711 - 1788
active 1749-1783, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jeremiah Sisson

1720 - 1783
1721-1788, artist; painter, British

Benjamin Wilson

1721 - 1788
1715-1781, industrialist; manufacturer of silk textiles, English

Charles Roe

1715 - 1781
1710-1782, natural philosopher; astronomer, British

Stephen Charles Triboudet Demainbray

1710 - 1782
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1727-1817, chemist; botanist, Dutch-born; Austrian

Nicolas Joseph Jacquin

1727 - 1817

Joseph Black

1728 - 1799
c1716-1788, active 1756-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

John Troughton

1716 - 1788
1728-1779, explorer, navigator; mariner; cartographer, English; British

James Cook

1728 - 1779
1718-1783, physician; anatomist; man-midwife, Scottish; British

William Hunter

1718 - 1783
1728-1812, physician; naturalist, German

Urban Friedrich Benedict Bruckmann

1728 - 1812
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Benjamin Donne

1729 - 1798
1730-1819, artist; medallist, French

Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier

1730 - 1819
1730-1799, physician; natural philosopher, Dutch

Jan Ingenhousz

1730 - 1799
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

John Sadler

1720 - 1789