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1787-1861, physician and medical journalist, Scottish; British

Forbes, John

1787 - 1861
1793-1864, astronomer, German-born; active Russia

Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm

1793 - 1864
active 1748-1859, surgical instrument maker; cutler, Edinburgh, Scotland

Boog

1748 - 1859
1794-1887, manufacturer of ceramics, Longport, England

Davenport

1794 - 1887
1761-1844, engraver; medallist, French

Galle, André

1761 - 1844
1745-1827, physicist, Italian

Volta, Alessandro

1745 - 1827
1770-1845, artist; portraitist, English; British

Phillips, Thomas

1770 - 1845
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

Roy, William

1726 - 1790
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Wideman, Anton

1724 - 1792
1748-1808, clock and watchmaker, London, England, British

Margetts, George

1748 - 1808
1790-1840, manufacturer of woollen textiles, English; British

Cockerill, John

1790 - 1840
1731-1792, active 1760s-1770s, medallist, German? Polish?

Holzhaeusser, Johann Philip

1731 - 1792
1744-1818, architect; artist; landscape designer; engineer, French

Belanger, Francois Joseph

1744 - 1818
1800-1872, engraver; medallist, Swiss

Aberli, Jakob Friedrich

1800 - 1872
1749-1834, physician, Scottish

Blane, Sir Gilbert

1749 - 1834
1756-1830, ?, British; English

Strutt, William

1756 - 1830
1762-1781, mechanical and manufacturing engineers, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England

Boulton and Fothergill

1762 - 1781
1776-1832, phrenologist; physician, German

Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar

1776 - 1832
1790-1844, statesman; soldier, Swedish

Brahe, Magnus

1790 - 1844
1772-1850, lighthouse engineer; civil engineer, British

Stevenson, Robert

1772 - 1850
1770-1852, watchmaker, English

Prest, Thomas

1770 - 1852
1798-1863, painter; engraver; writer, British; English

Harding, James Duffield

1798 - 1863
active 1760s-1790s, clock and watchmaker, Swiss; British

Vulliamy, Justin

1712 - 1797
1755-1839, mathematician; engineer, French

Prony, Gaspard de

1755 - 1839
active 1805-1845, optician, nautical instrument maker, Portsmouth, English

Stebbing, George

1775 - 1847
1772-1864, manufacturing chemist; meteorologist, British

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864
1783-1796?, chronometer maker, London, England

John Arnold and Son

1783 - 1796
1713-1788, horologist; scientist, British

Whitehurst, John

1713 - 1788
active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Vulliamy, Benjamin

1747 - 1811
1789-1857, Arctic scientist; divine, British

Scoresby, William

1789 - 1857
1789-1867, medallist; engraver, Italian

Cossa, Luigi

1789 - 1867
active 1784-1791, optician; instrument maker, London England

Jones, William

1762 - 1831
c. 1739-1807, active 1768-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1739 - 1807
1745-1830, mechanician, clock-maker, Swiss

Maillardet, Henri

1745 - 1830
1795-1865, miner and civil engineer, British

Wood, N

1795 - 1865
1765-1794, artist; printmaker, French

Conde, Jean

1765 - 1707
active 1735-1790, chronometer maker; watchmaker, London, England

Kendall, Larcum

1719 - 1790
1795-1885, civil engineer, American

Jervis, John B

1795 - 1885
1769-1837, artist; landscape painter; engraver, London, England, British

Daniell, William

1769 - 1837
1734-1802, artist; painter; portraitist, English

Romney, George

1734 - 1802
1751-1812, portraitist; engraver; pastellist; printmaker; publisher; artist, British

Smith, John Raphael

1751 - 1812
1792-1867, artist; painter; printmaker; engraver, British

Pollard, James

1792 - 1867
1791-1844, medallist, sculptor, French

Petit, Louis Michel

1791 - 1844
1775-1851, artist, watercolourist, printmaker, British

Turner, Joseph Mallord William

1775 - 1851
1764-1838, artist; engraver, British

Ridley, William

1764 - 1838
1799?-1860, aeronaut; balloonist, British?

Spencer, Edward

1799 - 1860
1761-1833, anatomist, British

Brookes, Joshua

1761 - 1833
1753-1809, aeronaut; balloonist, French

Blanchard, Jean Pierre François

1753 - 1809
1752 or 1754-1811, medallist, die-engraver, German; Prussian

Abramson, Abraham

1752 - 1811
1753-1815, chemist; natural philosopher; publisher, English; British

Nicholson, William

1753 - 1815