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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
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Hahnemann, Samuel

1755 - 1843
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

1754 - 1814

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833

Cayley, George

1773 - 1857
1779-1843, designer; steam locomotive maker, British

Hedley, William

1779 - 1843
lender

Royal College of Surgeons of England

1745

Davy, Humphry

1778 - 1829
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852

Dalton, John

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

Dalton, John

1766 - 1844
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794

Rastrick, John Urpeth

1780 - 1856
1771-1802, physician; anatomist; physiologist, French

Bichat, Marie Francois Xavier

1771 - 1802
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
1741-1980s?, manufacturing chemist, London England

Burgoyne, Burbidges and Company Limited

1741
1772-1864, manufacturing chemist; meteorologist, British

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Farish, William

1759 - 1837

Brunton, William

1777 - 1851

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803
active about 1750-1970s, brand name, Lambeth, London, England

Singleton

1779
active 1780-current (2009), boiled sweet manufacturer, England

Smith Kendon Ltd.

1780

Wollaston, William Hyde

1766 - 1828
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848

Clement, Joseph

1779 - 1844
1777-1846, phrenologist, British

DeVille, James

1777 - 1846
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

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

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799

Pease, Edward

1767 - 1858
active 1788-1817, mathematical, philosophical (globes) & optical instrument maker, English; British

Adams, Dudley

1760 - 1830
1754-1839, engineer; inventor, British; Scottish

Murdock, William

1754 - 1839
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
c 1775-1848, toy and camera manufacturer, cabinet maker, Paris, France

Giroux, Alphonse

1775 - 1848
1752-1834; inventor; French

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

1752 - 1834
1747-1809, engineer, English; British

Thompson, Francis

1747 - 1809
1756-1965, optical company, manufacturer of optical instruments & photographic lenses, Vienna

Voigtlander

1756