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

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
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
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

James Six

1731 - 1793
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Johann Christoph Voigtlander

1732 - 1797
1735-1819, medallist, German

Daniel Friedrich Loos

1735 - 1819
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Joseph Roux

1725 - 1793
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Jesse Ramsden

1735 - 1800
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810
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Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Peter Woulfe

1727 - 1805
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

John Wilkinson

1728 - 1808
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Alexander Cumming

1731 - 1814
active 1770s-1780s, marine chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Josiah Emery

1725 - 1794
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Peter Dollond

1731 - 1820
1734-1797, artist; painter, English

Joseph Wright of

1734 - 1797
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
active 1734-1795, either Adams, George, 1709-1772 or Adams, George, 1750-1795, sci. instrument maker

George Adams

1734 - 1795
c. 1735-1793, portrait painter; draughtsman, British

Robert Davy

1735 - 1793
1727-1817, chemist; botanist, Dutch-born; Austrian

Nicolas Joseph Jacquin

1727 - 1817
1734-1815, physician; astrologist, German

Franz Anton Mesmer

1734 - 1815

Joseph Black

1728 - 1799
1728-1779, explorer, navigator; mariner; cartographer, English; British

James Cook

1728 - 1779
1728-1812, physician; naturalist, German

Urban Friedrich Benedict Bruckmann

1728 - 1812
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Benjamin Donne

1729 - 1798
1730-1819, artist; medallist, French

Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier

1730 - 1819
1730-1799, physician; natural philosopher, Dutch

Jan Ingenhousz

1730 - 1799
1735-1816, ironmaster; philanthropist, British; English

Richard Reynolds

1735 - 1816
1728-1799, chemist; physician, French-born; Irish/British

Joseph Black

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

James South

1710 - 1867
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

William Roy

1726 - 1790

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Patrick Miller

1731 - 1815
1729-1799, priest; physiologist; biologist, Italian

Lazzaro Spallanzani

1729 - 1799
1729-1808, medallist, Dutch

Johann Georg Holtzhey

1729 - 1808
1730-1813, dentist; born Italy; naturalised British

Bartholomew Ruspini

1730 - 1813
1733-1804, theologian; natural philosopher, English

Joseph Priestley

1733 - 1804
1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla

1728 - 1800
1730-1805, merchant; amateur astronomer, English; British

Alexander Aubert

1730 - 1805
1782-1826, Philological Society magazine, London, England, British

European Magazine

1701 - 1806
1727-1807, watchmaker, Paris, France, Swiss

Ferdinand Berthoud

1727 - 1807

John Smalley

1728 - 1782
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

John Opie

1705 - 1807

Josiah Wedgwood

1730 - 1795