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1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810
1728-1808, ironmaster; industrialist, English; British

Wilkinson, John

1728 - 1808
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
1729-1799, priest; physiologist; biologist, Italian

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

1729 - 1799
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807
bap. 1731, d. 1817, engraver, English

Hancock, Robert

1731 - 1817
1730-1774?, physician; French

Le Thieullier, Louis Pierre Felix Rene

1730 - 1774
1791-1870, physician, Scottish, British

Copland, James

1711 - 1870
1731-1809, painter; engraver; artist, British; English

Sandby, Paul

1731 - 1809
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Miller, Patrick

1731 - 1815
1728-1800, physician; surgeon; administrator, Italian

Brambilla, Giovanni Alessandro

1728 - 1800

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Priestley, Joseph (FRS, LLD)

1733 - 1804

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1731-1792, active 1760s-1770s, medallist, German? Polish?

Holzhaeusser, Johann Philip

1731 - 1792
1729-1808, medallist, Dutch

Holtzhey, Johann Georg

1729 - 1808
active 1766-1804, optician, English; British

Dollond, John

1733 - 1805
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Donne, Benjamin

1729 - 1798
bap. 1730, d. 1802, engraver, British

Basire, James

1730 - 1802
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Smalley, John

1728 - 1782

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809

Strutt, Jedediah

1729 - 1797

South, James

1710 - 1867
1733-1810, astronomer

Hornsby, Thomas

1733 - 1810
1733-1804, theologian; natural philosopher, English

Priestley, Joseph

1733 - 1804
1782-1826, Philological Society magazine, London, England, British

European Magazine

1701 - 1806
1730-1805, merchant; amateur astronomer, English; British

Aubert, Alexander

1730 - 1805
1731-1802, physician; natural philosopher, British

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802
1731-1808, mother of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German

Goethe, Katharina Elisabeth

1731 - 1808
1728-1779, explorer, navigator; mariner; cartographer, English; British

Cook, Captain James

1728 - 1779
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Dollond, Peter

1731 - 1820
1728-1799, chemist; physician, French-born; Irish/British

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799
1728-1812, physician; naturalist, German

Bruckmann, Urban Friedrich Benedict

1728 - 1812
1730-1813, dentist; born Italy; naturalised British

Ruspini, Bartholomew

1730 - 1813
1732-1811, astronomer; mathematician, English

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811
1730-1799, physician; natural philosopher, Dutch

Ingenhousz, Jan

1730 - 1799
1730-1809, sculptor, French

Pajou, Augustin

1730 - 1809