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1740-1800, ironmaster, British

Cort, Henry

1740 - 1800
1732-1811, astronomer; mathematician, English

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811
1752-1788, history painter, English; British

Farington, George

1752 - 1705
1757-1834, engraver; etcher, British

Heath, James

1757 - 1834
1745-1799, balloon pioneer, French

Montgolfier, Jacques-Étienne

1745 - 1799
1759-1840, surgeon, Italian

Assalini, Paolo

1759 - 1840
1744-1832, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Paris, France

Lenoir, Etienne

1744 - 1832
1730-1799, physician; natural philosopher, Dutch

Ingenhousz, Jan

1730 - 1799
1748-1819, mathematician; geologist, British; Scottish

Playfair, John

1748 - 1819
1747-1792, Holy Roman Emperor from 1790-1792

Leopold II

1747 - 1792
1768-1835/6, tool maker; French? German?

Holtzapffel, John Jacob

1768
1766-1844, chemist; natural philosopher, English; British

Dalton, John

1766 - 1844
1763-1814, married to Napoleon I (1796), Empress of France 1804-1809, French

Beauharnais, Josephine de

1763 - 1814
1746-c. 1807, artist; painter; engraver, British

Townley, Charles

1746 - 1807
1768-1828; marine artist; English; British

Buttersworth, Thomas

1768 - 1828
1768-1838, slavery abolitionist, Scottish; British

Macaulay, Zacharay

1768 - 1838
1749-1819, physician; chemist, Scottish, British

Rutherford, Daniel

1749 - 1819
1775-1860, tenth Earl of Dundonald, naval officer, Scottish; British

Cochrane, Thomas

1775 - 1860
1758-1838, shipwright; Surveyor of the Navy, English; British

Tucker, Joseph

1758 - 1811
1766-1828, chemist; physicist; physiologist, English; British

Wollaston, William Hyde

1766 - 1828
1750-1789, ironmaster, British; English

Darby, Abraham

1750 - 1789
1760-1836, German nobility; physician, Austrian

Von Stifft, Andreas Joseph

1760 - 1836
1771-1844, physician, Austrian

Wirer von Rettenbach, Franz

1771 - 1844
1774-1862, physicist, French

Biot, Jean Baptiste

1774 - 1862
1767-1835, diplomat; philosopher, German

Humboldt, Wilhelm von

1767 - 1835
1767-1840, naval architect, British

Seppings, Sir Robert

1767 - 1840
1766-1849, mechanical engineer; inventor; physicist, American

Perkins, Jacob

1766 - 1849
1749-1824, engraver, English

Sharp, William

1749 - 1824
1752-1808, anatomist; surgeon, British

Sheldon, John

1752 - 1808
1765-1815, inventor; engineer; artist, American

Fulton, Robert

1765 - 1815
1725-1797, politician, English

Wilkes, John

1725 - 1797
1744-1829, biologist, French

Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de

1744 - 1829
active 1753-1963, museum; research centre, London

British Museum (Natural History)

1753 - 1963
1742-1806, chemist; physician, French

Leblanc, Nicolas

1742 - 1806
1757-1823, artist; engraver; printmaker; draughtsman; architect, British; English

Tomkins, Charles

1757 - 1823
1739-1813, engraver, London, England, English, British

Green, Valentine

1739 - 1813
1751-1816, playwright; politician, Irish

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

1751 - 1816
1727-1788, artist; printmaker, British

Gainsborough, Thomas

1727 - 1788
1730-1809, sculptor, French

Pajou, Augustin

1730 - 1809
active 1788-1817, mathematical, philosophical (globes) & optical instrument maker, English; British

Adams, Dudley

1760 - 1830
1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Galvani, Luigi

1737 - 1798
1766-1842, physician; military surgeon, French

Larrey, Jean Dominique

1766 - 1842
1765-1837, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland and Hanover

William IV

1765 - 1837
1732-1800, army general, constructed first balloon in India, French

Martin, Claude

1732 - 1800
1742-1823, writer, British

Combe, William

1742 - 1823
1743-1823, cleric; inventor of the power loom, English; British

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1758-1840, artist; painter; portraitist; landscapist; illustrator; engineer, Scottish; British

Nasmyth, Alexander

1758 - 1840
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
1761-1842, improver of cotton machinery, English; British

Radcliffe, William

1761 - 1842
1744-1829, naturalist, French

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste

1744 - 1829