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

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1743/4-1789, wife of John Arnold, mother of John Roger Arnold, chronometer makers, English

Margaret Arnold

1743 - 1789
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles

1756 - 1836
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Francis Ronalds

1788 - 1873
active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Benjamin Vulliamy

1747 - 1811
1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Peter Nicholson

1765 - 1844
1788-1856, sculptor; medallist, French

David D'Angers

1788 - 1856
1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Charles Hatchett

1765 - 1847
1756-1823, colliery manager, English; British

John Curr

1756 - 1823
1781-1841, sculptor, British; English

Francis Legatt Chantrey

1781 - 1841
1762-1836, physician; founder of macrobiotics; professor at Berlin University, German

Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

1762 - 1836
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Clemente Susini

1754 - 1814
1749-1806, engraver, British

Francis Chesham

1749 - 1806
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Augustus Charles Pugin

1762 - 1832
1787-1855, antiquary, portuguese scholar and railway administrator, Newcastle, British

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1724-1792, medallist, Austrian

Anton Wideman

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

George Margetts

1748 - 1808
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Reinhard Woltman

1712 - 1837
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Henry Booth

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Gilles Louis Chrétien

1754 - 1811
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

George Cayley

1773 - 1857
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Patrick Brydone

1736 - 1818
1737-1802

Thomas Williams

1737 - 1802
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Abraham Bennet

1749 - 1799
active 1780-1812 in London, artist, German

Joseph Constantine Stadler

1780 - 1822
1773-1858, botanist; explorer; gardener; traveller, French

Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland

1773 - 1858
1789-1867, medallist; engraver, Italian

Luigi Cossa

1789 - 1867
c. 1780-1837, engineer, British

Barrodall Robert Dodd

1780 - 1837
1769-1832, zoologist; naturalist, French

Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier

1769 - 1832
1763-1805, engineer; cleric, French

Claude Chappe

1763 - 1805
1783-1842, portrait painter; miniature painter, British; English

Albin Roberts Burt

1783 - 1842
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau

1737 - 1816
1784-1864, burger; regent; councillor, Dutch

Gerbrand Faas Elias

1784 - 1864
active about 1775-c. 1845, artist; marine painter, British

Robert Salmon

1775 - 1845
1775-1851, artist, watercolourist, printmaker, British

Joseph Mallord William Turner

1775 - 1851
1753-1809, aeronaut; balloonist, French

Jean Pierre François Blanchard

1753 - 1809
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Charles Augustin Coulomb

1736 - 1806
1742-1821, artist; collector, English; British

Richard Cosway

1742 - 1821
bap. 1731, d. 1817, engraver, English

Robert Hancock

1731 - 1817
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Józef Grassi

1757 - 1838
1756-1827, physicist; inventor, German

Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni

1756 - 1827
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

S W Fores

1761 - 1838
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Benjamin Donne

1729 - 1798
1730-1774?, physician; French

Le Thieullier, Louis Pierre Felix Rene

1730 - 1774