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

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

John Hunter

1728 - 1793

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1727-1805, chemist, Irish

Peter Woulfe

1727 - 1805
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

John Wilkinson

1728 - 1808
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780

Joseph Black

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

James Cook

1728 - 1779
1727-1817, chemist; botanist, Dutch-born; Austrian

Nicolas Joseph Jacquin

1727 - 1817
1728-1809, mechanical engineer, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Matthew Boulton

1728 - 1809
1726-1790, engineer; surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, Scottish

William Roy

1726 - 1790

John Smalley

1728 - 1782
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

John Opie

1705 - 1807
1782-1826, Philological Society magazine, London, England, British

European Magazine

1701 - 1806
1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla

1728 - 1800
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Reinhard Woltman

1712 - 1837
1726-1765, printmaker; artist; draughtsman; engraver, British

Anthony Walker

1726 - 1765
1726-1807, scientific instrument maker

Johann Engelbrecht

1726 - 1807
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James South

1710 - 1867
1728-1812, physician; naturalist, German

Urban Friedrich Benedict Bruckmann

1728 - 1812
1728-1799, chemist; physician, French-born; Irish/British

Joseph Black

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

James South

1710 - 1867
1727-1807, watchmaker, Paris, France, Swiss

Ferdinand Berthoud

1727 - 1807
1726-1776, architect, British

Henry Keene

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

Augustin Roux

1726 - 1776
1791-1870, physician, Scottish, British

James Copland

1711 - 1870
1727-1788, artist; printmaker, British

Thomas Gainsborough

1727 - 1788
1727-1815, engraver, Italian; active UK

Francesco Bartolozzi

1727 - 1815
b. 1728-fl. 1786, artist; engraver; printmaker, English

Richard Bernard Godfrey

1728