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1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
lender

Royal College of Surgeons of England

1745
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
1741-1980s?, manufacturing chemist, London England

Burgoyne, Burbidges and Company Limited

1741
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

1732 - 1797
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
1747-1809, engineer, English; British

Thompson, Francis

1747 - 1809
active 1725-current (2009), hospital, English; British

Guy's Hospital

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

Ramsden, Jesse

1735 - 1800
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1741-1799, physician; inventor of 'Perkins Tractors', American

Perkins, Elisha

1741 - 1799
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810
1725-1793, cartographer; hydrographer, French

Roux, Joseph

1725 - 1793
1750-1795, [Adams the Younger] active 1772-1795, mathematical instrument maker; globe maker, English; British

Adams, George

1750 - 1795
active 1765-1805, optical instrument maker, English; British

Lincoln, Charles

1744 - 1807
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Woulfe, Peter

1727 - 1805
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George III

1738 - 1820
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1748-1859, surgical instrument maker; cutler, Edinburgh, Scotland

Boog

1748 - 1859
1740-1814, medallist, German

Reich, Johann Christian

1740 - 1814

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809
1746-1814, civil engineer, British

Jessop, William

1746 - 1814
active 1735-current, jeweller; goldsmith; silversmith, clock-maker; watchmaker, English

Garrard and Company Limited

1735

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792
1749-1829, chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Earnshaw, Thomas

1749 - 1829

Bayly, William

1737 - 1810
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Paine, Thomas

1737 - 1809
active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Vulliamy, Benjamin

1747 - 1811
1744-1832, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Paris, France

Lenoir, Etienne

1744 - 1832
1731 or 1732-1814, watchmaker; mechanician, British

Cumming, Alexander

1731 - 1814

Hedges, Nick

194
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

1728 - 1808
1745-1827, physicist, Italian

Volta, Alessandro

1745 - 1827
1734-1797, artist; painter, English

Wright of Derby, Joseph

1734 - 1797
1749-1814, engineer; inventor of locks, English; British

Bramah, Joseph

1749 - 1814
1750-, musical instrument maker, London, England

C Wheatstone and Company

1750