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1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
1744-1829, naturalist, French

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste

1744 - 1829
1752-1832, physician; anatomist, Italian

Scarpa, Antonio

1752 - 1832
1753-1839, artist, portraitist, British

Beechey, Sir William

1753 - 1839
1740-1824, physician, Danish/German

Callisen, Henry

1740 - 1824
1742-1823, Roman Catholic Pope, reigned 1800-1823, Italian

Pius VII

1742 - 1823
1736-1812, radical politician; philologist, British

Tooke, John Horne

1736 - 1812
1759-1825, marine painter; artist, British

Serres, John Thomas

1759 - 1825
1750-1812, physician; surgeon; military physician, French

Heurteloup, Nicolas

1750 - 1812
1758-1842, naval surgeon, served on HMS Victory, Northern Irish

Gillespie, Leonard

1758 - 1842
1758-1828, anatomist; physiologist; phrenologist, German

Gall, Franz Joseph

1758 - 1828
1758-1805, British naval officer; admiral of the fleet, English

Nelson, Horatio

1758 - 1805
1760-1843, active 1785-1835, physician; surgeon; professor, Swedish

Afzelius, Pehr von

1760 - 1843
1755-1826, sculptor; decorative designer; illustrator, British; English

Flaxman, John

1755 - 1826
1742-1806, naturalist; mineralogist, French

Carangeot, Arnould

1742 - 1806
1754-1816, botanist; explorer, Spanish

Ruiz López, Hipólito

1754 - 1816
1759-1837, scientist; chemist; university professor; minister of religion, English; British

Farish, William

1759 - 1837
1753-1844, artist; watercolour painter, English; British

Nicholson, Francis

1753 - 1844
1741-1807, artist; musician, Swiss

Kauffmann, Angelica

1741 - 1807
1735-1819, medallist, German

Loos, Daniel Friedrich

1735 - 1819
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Paine, Thomas

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

Saussure, Horace Bénédict de

1740 - 1799
1760-1820, aeronaut; balloonist; balloon manufacturer, French

Robert, Noël

1760 - 1820
1745-1806, portrait painter; astronomer; artist, English; British

Russell, John

1745 - 1806
1758-1810, artist; portrait painter, British

Hoppner, John

1758 - 1810
1757-1831, naval architect; mechanical engineer; inventor, English, British

Bentham, Samuel

1757 - 1831
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
1751-1832, artist; medallist, French

Gatteaux, Nicolas-Marie

1751 - 1832
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
1754-1839, engineer; inventor, British; Scottish

Murdock, William

1754 - 1839
c. 1759-1798, inventor of a type of mine pumping engine,

Bull, Edward

1759 - 1798
active 1765-1805, optical instrument maker, English; British

Lincoln, Charles

1744 - 1807
1752-1815, anatomist, Italian

Mascagni, Paolo

1752 - 1815
1757-1841, medallist; medalmaker, French

Puymaurin, Jean Pierre Casimir de Marcassus de

1757 - 1841
1750-1806, active 1790s-1806, engraver; medallist, French

Dumarest, Rambert

1750 - 1806
1755-1840, engraver; publisher, British

Harding, Edward

1755 - 1840
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
1759-1817, artist; landscape painter; watercolour painter, English; British

Ibbetson, Julius Caesar

1759 - 1817
1746-1823, medallist; mechanical engineer, Swiss

Droz, Jean Pierre

1746 - 1823
1751-1804, mathematican, British

Shuckburgh-Evelyn, Sir George Augustus William

1751 - 1804