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1727-1788, artist; printmaker, British

Gainsborough, Thomas

1727 - 1788
1730-1809, sculptor, French

Pajou, Augustin

1730 - 1809
1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Galvani, Luigi

1737 - 1798
1732-1800, army general, constructed first balloon in India, French

Martin, Claude

1732 - 1800
1740-1824, physician, Danish/German

Callisen, Henry

1740 - 1824
1730-1805; artist; engraver, portrait painter; French

Huquier, Jacques-Gabriel

1730 - 1805
1726-1807, scientific instrument maker

Engelbrecht, Johann

1726 - 1807
1736-1812, radical politician; philologist, British

Tooke, John Horne

1736 - 1812
1733-1804, theologian; natural philosopher, English

Priestley, Joseph

1733 - 1804
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Paine, Thomas

1737 - 1809
1740-1799, naturalist, inventor, Swiss

Saussure, Horace Bénédict de

1740 - 1799
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

1732 - 1797
1733-1799, mathematician, French

Borda, Jean Charles de

1733 - 1799
active 1770s-1780s, marine chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Emery, Josiah

1725 - 1794
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Cumming, Alexander

1731 - 1814
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
1729-1814, physician; natural historian; economist, German

Reimarus, Johann Albert Heinrich

1729 - 1814
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809
1785-1867, surgeon; astronomer, British

South, Sir James

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

Foundling Hospital

1739 - 1939
1739-1806, inventor of the panorama, Irish

Barker, Robert

1739 - 1806
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
1730-1788, Protestant theologian; hymn writer; hymn composer, Swiss

Zollikofer, Georg Joachim

1730 - 1788
1736-1793, astronomer; politician, French

Bailly, Jean Sylvain

1736 - 1793
1733-1817, anatomist, British; Scottish

Monro, Alexander

1733 - 1817
1725-1792, sculptor, French

Caffiéri, Jean-Jacques

1725 - 1792
1737-1813, physician, English; British

Fothergill, Anthony

1737 - 1813
1732-1799, army officer; statesman; president of the United States, American

Washington, George

1732 - 1799
1737-1816, cleric; chemist, British; English

Watson, Richard

1737 - 1816
1726-1776, physician; encyclopedist, French

Roux, Augustin

1726 - 1776
1735-1747, child

H, H

1735 - 1747
1727-1815, engraver, Italian; active UK

Bartolozzi, Francesco

1727 - 1815
1733-1811, architect; engineer, British; Scottish

Mylne, Robert

1733 - 1811
1727-1807, watchmaker, Paris, France, Swiss

Berthoud, Ferdinand

1727 - 1807
active 1734-1795, either Adams, George, 1709-1772 or Adams, George, 1750-1795, sci. instrument maker

Adams, George

1734 - 1795
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Ramsden, Jesse

1735 - 1800

Smalley, John

1728 - 1782

Strutt, Jedediah

1729 - 1797
1740-current (2013), medical school, Whitechapel, London, England

London Hospital Medical College

1740
1734-current (2011), university, German

University of Gottingen

1734
active 1735-current, jeweller; goldsmith; silversmith, clock-maker; watchmaker, English

Garrard and Company Limited

1735
1735-current (2010), manufacturer of ceramics, Florence, Italy

Ginori

1735
active 1725-current (2009), hospital, English; British

Guy's Hospital

1725
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740