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

Abramson, Abraham

1752 - 1811
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
active 1757-1809, shipbuilder, Sweden, Swedish

Chapman, Fredrik Henrik

1721 - 1808
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Miller, Patrick

1731 - 1815
1753-1824, lawyer; statesman; 1st Duke of Parma, later 1st Duke of Cambaceres, French

Cambaceres, Jean Jacques Regis de

1753 - 1824
1751-1820, vice-admiral in the Royal Navy, British

Grindall, Admiral Sir Richard

1751 - 1820
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1747-1832, physician; surgeon, Italian

Palletta, Giovanni Battista

1747 - 1832
1756-1821, scientific instrument maker, German

Beringer, David

1756 - 1821
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles X

1756 - 1836
1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Brambilla, Giovanni Alessandro

1728 - 1800
1754-1840, active 1777-1785, botanist; explorer, Spanish

Pavón Jiménez, José Antonio

1754 - 1840
1726-1765, printmaker; artist; draughtsman; engraver, British

Walker, Anthony

1726 - 1765
1741-1828, sculptor, French

Houdon, Jean-Antoine

1741 - 1828
1742-1806, man- midwife; surgeon; anatomist, English

Rowley, William

1742 - 1806
1736-1790, mineralogist, French

Romé de L'Isle, Jean-Baptiste Louis

1736 - 1790
1720-1789, transfer printer, English

Sadler, John

1720 - 1789
1740-1827, physician, English

Haygarth, John

1740 - 1827
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809
1748-1827, engraver, British

Holloway, Thomas

1748 - 1827
1741-1799, physician; inventor of 'Perkins Tractors', American

Perkins, Elisha

1741 - 1799
1749-1806, surgeon; farmer Scottish

Bell, Benjamin

1749 - 1806
active 1748-1859, surgical instrument maker; cutler, Edinburgh, Scotland

Boog

1748 - 1859
1745-1827, physicist, Italian

Volta, Alessandro

1745 - 1827
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
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
1749-1834, physician, Scottish

Blane, Sir Gilbert

1749 - 1834
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1756-1830, ?, British; English

Strutt, William

1756 - 1830
1755-1839, mathematician; engineer, French

Prony, Gaspard de

1755 - 1839
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
1734-1802, artist; painter; portraitist, English

Romney, George

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

Smith, John Raphael

1751 - 1812
1753-1809, aeronaut; balloonist, French

Blanchard, Jean Pierre François

1753 - 1809
1753-1815, chemist; natural philosopher; publisher, English; British

Nicholson, William

1753 - 1815
1729-1808, medallist, Dutch

Holtzhey, Johann Georg

1729 - 1808
active 1766-1804, optician, English; British

Dollond, John

1733 - 1805
1723-1777, architect; interior decorator, English

Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls

1723 - 1777
1756-1836, builder; administrator of roads; British

McAdam, John Loudon

1756 - 1836
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Donne, Benjamin

1729 - 1798
1742-1786, chemist, Swedish

Scheele, Carl Wilhelm

1742 - 1786
1721-1788, artist; painter, British

Wilson, Benjamin

1721 - 1788