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1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

Arnold, John

1735 - 1799
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

1736 - 1806
bap. 1731, d. 1817, engraver, English

Hancock, Robert

1731 - 1817
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1730-1774?, physician; French

Le Thieullier, Louis Pierre Felix Rene

1730 - 1774
1734-1815, physician; astrologist, German

Mesmer, Franz Anton

1734 - 1815
1734-1811, artist; painter; politician, English; British

Dance, Nathaniel

1734 - 1811
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
1736-1790, mineralogist, French

Romé de L'Isle, Jean-Baptiste Louis

1736 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802

Reynolds, Richard

1735 - 1816

Priestley, Joseph (FRS, LLD)

1733 - 1804

Whitworth, Robert

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

Holzhaeusser, Johann Philip

1731 - 1792
1734-1802, artist; painter; portraitist, English

Romney, George

1734 - 1802
active 1766-1804, optician, English; British

Dollond, John

1733 - 1805
1736/7-1805, decorative artist, British; English

Eginton, Francis

1736 - 1805
bap. 1730, d. 1802, engraver, British

Basire, James

1730 - 1802
1736-1812, physician; amateur scientist, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1736 - 1812
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
1735-1784, chemist; naturalist, Swedish

Bergman, Torbern Olof

1735 - 1784
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
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810

Watt, James

1736 - 1819

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803

South, James

1710 - 1867

Keir, James

1735 - 1820
1733-1810, astronomer

Hornsby, Thomas

1733 - 1810
1734-1801, army officer; soldier; politician, Scottish; British

Abercromby, Sir Ralph

1734 - 1801
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
1735-1799, stonemason; gem engraver; modeller, Scottish; British

Tassie, James

1735 - 1799
1731-1808, mother of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German

Goethe, Katharina Elisabeth

1731 - 1808
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Dollond, Peter

1731 - 1820