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

Watt, James

1736 - 1819

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
lender

Royal College of Surgeons of England

1745
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
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
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794
1741-1980s?, manufacturing chemist, London England

Burgoyne, Burbidges and Company Limited

1741
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799
1740-1812, artist; painter, French-born, British

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
1752-1834; inventor; French

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

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

Thompson, Francis

1747 - 1809
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Ramsden, Jesse

1735 - 1800
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1741-1799, physician; inventor of 'Perkins Tractors', American

Perkins, Elisha

1741 - 1799
1750-1795, [Adams the Younger] active 1772-1795, mathematical instrument maker; globe maker, English; British

Adams, George

1750 - 1795
active 1765-1805, optical instrument maker, English; British

Lincoln, Charles

1744 - 1807
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George III

1738 - 1820
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1748-1859, surgical instrument maker; cutler, Edinburgh, Scotland

Boog

1748 - 1859
1740-1814, medallist, German

Reich, Johann Christian

1740 - 1814
1746-1814, civil engineer, British

Jessop, William

1746 - 1814
active 1735-current, jeweller; goldsmith; silversmith, clock-maker; watchmaker, English

Garrard and Company Limited

1735
1749-1829, chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Earnshaw, Thomas

1749 - 1829

Bayly, William

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

Paine, Thomas

1737 - 1809
active 1770s-1790s, clockmaker; watchmaker, British

Vulliamy, Benjamin

1747 - 1811
1744-1832, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Paris, France

Lenoir, Etienne

1744 - 1832

Hedges, Nick

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1745-1827, physicist, Italian

Volta, Alessandro

1745 - 1827
1749-1814, engineer; inventor of locks, English; British

Bramah, Joseph

1749 - 1814
1750-, musical instrument maker, London, England

C Wheatstone and Company

1750
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1740-1800, ironmaster, British

Cort, Henry

1740 - 1800
1743-1823, cleric; inventor of the power loom, English; British

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1744-1809, landscape painter, English

Kennion, Edward

1744 - 1809
1743-1820, explorer; naturalist; patron of science, British

Banks, Sir Joseph

1743 - 1820
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

Arnold, John

1735 - 1799
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

1736 - 1806
1751-1820, vice-admiral in the Royal Navy, British

Grindall, Admiral Sir Richard

1751 - 1820
1748-1808, clock and watchmaker, London, England, British

Margetts, George

1748 - 1808
c. 1739-1807, active 1768-1788, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, John

1739 - 1807
1745-1830, mechanician, clock-maker, Swiss

Maillardet, Henri

1745 - 1830
c. 1745-1814?; active 1778-1814, print seller; publisher, British; English

Humphrey, Hannah

1742 - 1814

Watt, James

1736 - 1819