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

Paine, Thomas

1737 - 1809
1740-1799, naturalist, inventor, Swiss

Saussure, Horace Bénédict de

1740 - 1799
1745-1806, portrait painter; astronomer; artist, English; British

Russell, John

1745 - 1806
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
active 1775-1820, engraver; medallist, Italian

Tadolini, Petronio

1750 - 1820
1749-1814, engineer; inventor of locks, English; British

Bramah, Joseph

1749 - 1814
1749-1827, mathematician & physicist, French

Laplace, Pierre Simon

1749 - 1827
1749-1826, astronomer; mathematician; priest; Italian

Piazzi, Giuseppe

1749 - 1826
1749-1832, civil engineer, British

Chapman, William

1749 - 1832
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794
1734-1787, active 1765-1801, medallist, Swedish

Ljungberger, Gustav

1734 - 1787
active 1765-1805, optical instrument maker, English; British

Lincoln, Charles

1744 - 1807
1750-1806, active 1790s-1806, engraver; medallist, French

Dumarest, Rambert

1750 - 1806
1785-1867, surgeon; astronomer, British

South, Sir James

1710 - 1867
1739-1939, hospital; orphanage, English; British

Foundling Hospital

1739 - 1939
1745-1816, physician, German

Bremer, , Johann Emanuel

1745 - 1816
active 1770s-1790s, shoemaker; bookseller; publisher, English; British

Lackington, James

1746 - 1815
1746-1823, physicist; aeronaut; balloonist , French

Charles, Jacques

1746 - 1823
1739-1806, inventor of the panorama, Irish

Barker, Robert

1739 - 1806
1746-1823, medallist; mechanical engineer, Swiss

Droz, Jean Pierre

1746 - 1823
1746-1814, civil engineer, British

Jessop, William

1746 - 1814
1742-1821, naturalist; botanist; professor of botany, Swedish

Retzius, Anders Jahan

1742 - 1821
1747-1809, engineer, English; British

Thompson, Francis

1747 - 1809
1737-1813, agronomist; chemist, French

Parmentier, Antoine-Augustin

1737 - 1813
1735-1816, ironmaster; philanthropist, British; English

Reynolds, Richard

1735 - 1816
ca. 1744-ca. 1817, engraver; portrait painter, British

Dunkarton, Robert

1744 - 1817
1741-1799, physician; botanist, English; British

Withering, William

1741 - 1799
1744-1809, landscape painter, English

Kennion, Edward

1744 - 1809
1736-1793, astronomer; politician, French

Bailly, Jean Sylvain

1736 - 1793
1746-1813, architect, British

Wyatt, James

1746 - 1813
1737-1813, physician, English; British

Fothergill, Anthony

1737 - 1813
1741-1816, hydrographer; engineer & amateur astronomer, Engliah; British

Huddart, Joseph

1741 - 1816
1750-1835, sculptor, Belgian

Godecharle, Gilles-Lambert

1750 - 1835
1737-1816, cleric; chemist, British; English

Watson, Richard

1737 - 1816
1749-1829, physician; professor of chemistry, German

Hagen, Karl Gottfried

1749 - 1829
1735-1747, child

H, H

1735 - 1747
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
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
1743-1822, mezzotint engraver, English; British

Earlom, Richard

1743 - 1822
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1739-1813, engraver, London, England, English, British

Green, Valentine

1739 - 1813

Parry, Joseph

1744 - 1826

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
active 1734-1795, either Adams, George, 1709-1772 or Adams, George, 1750-1795, sci. instrument maker

Adams, George

1734 - 1795
1746-1815, active 1774-1803, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Scottish

Miller, John

1746 - 1815
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Ramsden, Jesse

1735 - 1800
b. 1741, author of apothecary's memo book, listing drugs, ailments, cures (etc.), British

Brameld, John

1741