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

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

John Hunter

1728 - 1793
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger

1722 - 1809
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

James Six

1731 - 1793
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Johann Christoph Voigtlander

1732 - 1797
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

John Smeaton

1724 - 1792
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Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Francis Watkins

1723 - 1791
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

1724 - 1792
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Joseph Roux

1725 - 1793

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810
1720-1778, inventor of the spinning jenny, English

James Hargreaves

1720 - 1778
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

1723 - 1777
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Peter Woulfe

1727 - 1805
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

John Wilkinson

1728 - 1808
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780
1721-1793, physician; surgeon, English; British

John Mudge

1710 - 1793
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Alexander Cumming

1731 - 1814
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Peter Dollond

1731 - 1820
1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

1722 - 1765
active 1770s-1780s, marine chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Josiah Emery

1725 - 1794

Joseph Black

1728 - 1799
active 1735-1790, chronometer maker; watchmaker, London, England

Larcum Kendall

1719 - 1790
active 1749-1783, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jeremiah Sisson

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

Benjamin Wilson

1721 - 1788
1728-1779, explorer, navigator; mariner; cartographer, English; British

James Cook

1728 - 1779
1727-1817, chemist; botanist, Dutch-born; Austrian

Nicolas Joseph Jacquin

1727 - 1817
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1730-1799, physician; natural philosopher, Dutch

Jan Ingenhousz

1730 - 1799
1730-1819, artist; medallist, French

Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier

1730 - 1819
1728-1812, physician; naturalist, German

Urban Friedrich Benedict Bruckmann

1728 - 1812
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

William Roy

1726 - 1790
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

John Sadler

1720 - 1789
1729-1799, priest; physiologist; biologist, Italian

Lazzaro Spallanzani

1729 - 1799
1728-1799, chemist; physician, French-born; Irish/British

Joseph Black

1728 - 1799
1785-1867, surgeon; astronomer, British

James South

1710 - 1867
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Benjamin Donne

1729 - 1798
1724-1968, book publisher, London

Longman

1724 - 1968
1723-1792, artist; art theorist, English; British

Joshua Reynolds

1723 - 1792
1723-1781, apothecary; chemist, British

Alexander Dalmahoy

1723 - 1781
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Patrick Miller

1731 - 1815
1730-1813, dentist; born Italy; naturalised British

Bartholomew Ruspini

1730 - 1813
1720-1814, horologist; inventor; clock and watchmaker, French

Jean Antoine Lepine

1720 - 1814

John Smalley

1728 - 1782

Jedediah Strutt

1729 - 1797