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

Emery, Josiah

1725 - 1794
1751-1832, artist; medallist, French

Gatteaux, Nicolas-Marie

1751 - 1832
1749-1827, mathematician & physicist, French

Laplace, Pierre Simon

1749 - 1827
1749-1826, astronomer; mathematician; priest; Italian

Piazzi, Giuseppe

1749 - 1826
1749-1832, civil engineer, British

Chapman, William

1749 - 1832
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Cumming, Alexander

1731 - 1814
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794
active 1749-1783, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Sisson, Jeremiah

1720 - 1783
1754-1839, engineer; inventor, British; Scottish

Murdock, William

1754 - 1839
1734-1787, active 1765-1801, medallist, Swedish

Ljungberger, Gustav

1734 - 1787
1725-1807, brother of 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', Scottish

Stuart, Henry Benedict Clement

1725 - 1807
c. 1759-1798, inventor of a type of mine pumping engine,

Bull, Edward

1759 - 1798
1729-1814, physician; natural historian; economist, German

Reimarus, Johann Albert Heinrich

1729 - 1814
active 1765-1805, optical instrument maker, English; British

Lincoln, Charles

1744 - 1807
1752-1815, anatomist, Italian

Mascagni, Paolo

1752 - 1815
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809
1757-1841, medallist; medalmaker, French

Puymaurin, Jean Pierre Casimir de Marcassus de

1757 - 1841
1750-1806, active 1790s-1806, engraver; medallist, French

Dumarest, Rambert

1750 - 1806
1755-1840, engraver; publisher, British

Harding, Edward

1755 - 1840
1785-1867, surgeon; astronomer, British

South, Sir James

1710 - 1867
1739-1939, hospital; orphanage, English; British

Foundling Hospital

1739 - 1939
1720-1772, medallist, French

Roettiers, Charles Norbert

1720 - 1772
1745-1816, physician, German

Bremer, , Johann Emanuel

1745 - 1816
active 1770s-1790s, shoemaker; bookseller; publisher, English; British

Lackington, James

1746 - 1815
1746-1823, physicist; aeronaut; balloonist , French

Charles, Jacques

1746 - 1823
1739-1806, inventor of the panorama, Irish

Barker, Robert

1739 - 1806
1759-1817, artist; landscape painter; watercolour painter, English; British

Ibbetson, Julius Caesar

1759 - 1817
1746-1823, medallist; mechanical engineer, Swiss

Droz, Jean Pierre

1746 - 1823
1751-1804, mathematican, British

Shuckburgh-Evelyn, Sir George Augustus William

1751 - 1804
1759-1841, philologist, Scottish; British

Gilchrist, John Borthwick

1759 - 1841
1746-1814, civil engineer, British

Jessop, William

1746 - 1814
1720-1804, engraver, British

Boydell, John

1720 - 1804
1757-1827, artist; engraver; poet; illustrator, English; British

Blake, William

1757 - 1827
1742-1821, naturalist; botanist; professor of botany, Swedish

Retzius, Anders Jahan

1742 - 1821
1747-1809, engineer, English; British

Thompson, Francis

1747 - 1809
1730-1819, artist; medallist, French

Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin

1730 - 1819
1737-1813, agronomist; chemist, French

Parmentier, Antoine-Augustin

1737 - 1813
1735-1816, ironmaster; philanthropist, British; English

Reynolds, Richard

1735 - 1816
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1729-1786, philosopher, German; Jewish

Mendelssohn, Moses

1729 - 1786
ca. 1744-ca. 1817, engraver; portrait painter, British

Dunkarton, Robert

1744 - 1817
1741-1799, physician; botanist, English; British

Withering, William

1741 - 1799
1758-1803, ironmaster; scientist; British; English

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803
1759-present, engineering company, Dowlais

Guest Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd

1759
ca. 1722-1782, mezzotint engraver, Irish

Fisher, Edward

1722 - 1782
1730-1788, Protestant theologian; hymn writer; hymn composer, Swiss

Zollikofer, Georg Joachim

1730 - 1788
1723-1810, artist; printmaker; engraver; army officer, Irish

Baillie, William

1723 - 1810
1720/24-1767, artist, landscape painter, Derby, England, English, British

Smith, Thomas

1724 - 1767
1744-1809, landscape painter, English

Kennion, Edward

1744 - 1809
1752-1840, military officer; entomologist, Swedish

Gyllenhaal, Leonhard

1752 - 1840