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

James Watt

1736 - 1819
active 1739 - 1949, bell manufacturers, Cripplegate

J. Warner & Sons

1739 - 1949

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

William Herschel

1738 - 1822
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

James Six

1731 - 1793
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Johann Christoph Voigtlander

1732 - 1797
1731-1810, natural philosopher, British

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810
Sir

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803
1735-1819, medallist, German

Daniel Friedrich Loos

1735 - 1819

Henry Cavendish

1731 - 1810
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George

1738 - 1820
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1740 - 1812
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Jesse Ramsden

1735 - 1800

William Bayly

1737 - 1810
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Thomas Paine

1737 - 1809
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

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

Thomas Hills Everitt

1702 - 1780
1740-1814, medallist, German

Johann Christian Reich

1740 - 1814
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Peter Dollond

1731 - 1820
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

John Arnold

1735 - 1799
1734-1797, artist; painter, English

Joseph Wright of

1734 - 1797
c. 1739-1807, active 1768-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

John Troughton

1739 - 1807
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740
active 1734-1795, either Adams, George, 1709-1772 or Adams, George, 1750-1795, sci. instrument maker

George Adams

1734 - 1795

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803
1734-1815, physician; astrologist, German

Franz Anton Mesmer

1734 - 1815
1736-1812, physician; amateur scientist, Scottish; British

James Lind

1736 - 1812
1737-1798, physician; physicist, Italian

Luigi Galvani

1737 - 1798
1737-1813, physician, English; British

Fothergill, Anthony

1737 - 1813
1739-1939, hospital; orphanage, English; British

Foundling Hospital

1739 - 1939
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Patrick Brydone

1736 - 1818
c 1738-1821, engraver, English

William Pether

1738 - 1821
1731-1815, banker; inventor, Scottish; British

Patrick Miller

1731 - 1815
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau

1737 - 1816
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1739/40-1817, aeronaut; military theorist; army officer, English

John Money

1739 - 1817
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

John Opie

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

European Magazine

1701 - 1806
1732-1799, army officer; statesman; president of the United States, American

George Washington

1732 - 1799
1734-1787, active 1765-1801, medallist, Swedish

Gustav Ljungberger

1734 - 1787
1737-1813, agronomist; chemist, French

Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

1737 - 1813
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Reinhard Woltman

1712 - 1837
active 1766-1804, optician, English; British

John Dollond

1733 - 1805
1733-1811, architect; engineer, British; Scottish

Robert Mylne

1733 - 1811
Sir

William Herschel

1738 - 1822

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1740 - 1812

Nevil Maskelyne

1732 - 1811
1738-1809, bookseller, British

Joseph Johnson

1738 - 1809