Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806

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

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791

1752-1834; inventor; French

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

1752 - 1834

1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

Bakewell, Robert

1768 - 1843

Cooper, Astley Paston (first baronet)

1768 - 1841

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Ewart, Peter

1767 - 1843

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834

Baillie, Matthew

1761 - 1823

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Beddoes, Thomas

1760 - 1808

Wollaston, William Hyde

1766 - 1828

Jenner, Edward (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1823

Withering, William (MD, FRS)

1741 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Perkins, Jacob

1766 - 1849

Bill, Robert

1754 - 1827

Rennie, John

1761 - 1821

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833

Homfray, Samuel

1762 - 1822

Dick, Thomas

1774 - 1857

Gilbert, Davies

1767 - 1839

Fortin, Nicolas

1750 - 1831

Faden, William

1749 - 1836

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812

MacCulloch, John

1773 - 1835

Dessalines d' Orbigny, Charles-Marie

1770 - 1856

Brooke, Henry James

1771 - 1857

Williams, George

1762 - 1834

Priestley, Joseph (FRS, LLD)

1733 - 1804

Thompson, Benjamin (Count von Rumford)

1753 - 1814

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799

Jackson, Cyril

1746 - 1819

Banks, Joseph (Bt)

1743 - 1820

Reynolds, Richard

1735 - 1816

Bentham, Samuel

1757 - 1831

Ferriar, John

1761 - 1815

Currie, James

1756 - 1805

Coke, Thomas William (first earl of Leicester of Holkham)

1745 - 1842

1738-1819, physician, Belgian

Hende, Jean-François-Laurent van

1738 - 1819