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c1739-1790, engraver, Irish, British

Watson, James

1739 - 1790
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
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
1745-1804, aeronaut; balloonist, Scottish; British

Tytler, James

1745 - 1804
1750-1795, [Adams the Younger] active 1772-1795, mathematical instrument maker; globe maker, English; British

Adams, George

1750 - 1795
1750-1833, botanist, French

Desfontaines, Rene Louiche

1750 - 1833
1743-1817, physician, Scottish

Saunders, William

1743 - 1817
1747-1826, astronomer, German

Bode, Johann Elert

1747 - 1826

Playfair, John

1748 - 1819

Cavendish, Henry

1731 - 1810

Bayly, William

1737 - 1810

Watt, James

1736 - 1819

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803

Blane, Gilbert (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1834

Dixon, Joshua

1745 - 1825

Saunders, William

1743 - 1817

South, James

1710 - 1867

Desfontaines, René Louiche

1750

Volta, Alessandro

1745 - 1827

Keir, James

1735 - 1820
1743-1830, medallist, coin-engraver, British

Pingo, Lewis

1743 - 1830
1733-1810, astronomer

Hornsby, Thomas

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

Abercromby, Sir Ralph

1734 - 1801
1747-1834, physician, German

Heim, Ernst Ludwig

1747 - 1834
1739-1824, statesman, French

Lebrun, Charles-Francois

1739 - 1824
1782-1826, Philological Society magazine, London, England, British

European Magazine

1701 - 1806
1748-1833, medallist; engraver, French

Dupré, Augustin

1748 - 1833
1741-1827, artist, American

Peale, Charles Willson

1741 - 1827
c 1738-1821, engraver, English

Pether, William

1738 - 1821
1731-1802, physician; natural philosopher, British

Darwin, Erasmus

1731 - 1802
1749-1832, writer; polymath, German

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

1749 - 1832
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1748-1836, botanist, French

Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de

1748 - 1836
1744-1818, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, consort of George III

Charlotte

1744 - 1818
1743-1798, engineer; inventor, American

Fitch, John

1743 - 1798
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
1744-1796, painter; illustrator, Scottish; British

Allan, David

1744 - 1796
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Dollond, Peter

1731 - 1820
c. 1735-1793, portrait painter; draughtsman, British

Davy, Robert

1735 - 1793
1734-1797, artist; painter, English

Wright of Derby, Joseph

1734 - 1797
active 1739 - 1949, bell manufacturers, Cripplegate

J. Warner & Sons

1739 - 1949
1738-1820, artist, American

West, Benjamin

1738 - 1820
active 1739-1769, printmaker, London, England

Spilsbury, John

1739 - 1769
1749-1809, natural philosopher, Italian

Cavallo, Tiberius

1749 - 1809