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

Abramson, Abraham

1752 - 1811
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
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

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

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

Jenner, Edward (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1823

Withering, William (MD, FRS)

1741 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Bill, Robert

1754 - 1827

Rennie, John

1761 - 1821

Homfray, Samuel

1762 - 1822

Fortin, Nicolas

1750 - 1831

Faden, William

1749 - 1836

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812

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
1748-1832, philosopher; jurist; reformer, English

Bentham, Jeremy

1748 - 1832
1752-1840, physician; naturalist; physiologist; anthropologist. German

Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich

1752 - 1840
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

1737 - 1816
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825
1755-1816, engraver; artist; draughtsman, Swedish

Martin, Johann Frederik

1755 - 1816
1753-1814, scientist; natural philosopher; philanthropist, American-born; British?

Thompson, Count von Rumford, Sir Benjamin

1753 - 1814