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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

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
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
1747-1809, engineer, English; British

Thompson, Francis

1747 - 1809
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
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
1749-1829, chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Earnshaw, Thomas

1749 - 1829
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
1748-1808, clock and watchmaker, London, England, British

Margetts, George

1748 - 1808
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
active 1770s-1790s, shoemaker; bookseller; publisher, English; British

Lackington, James

1746 - 1815
1746-1823, medallist; mechanical engineer, Swiss

Droz, Jean Pierre

1746 - 1823
c. 1750-?, Royal Navy 'bomb vessel' (ship), British

HMS Racehorse

1750
1744-1795, physician; anatomist; surgeon, French

Desault, Pierre Joseph

1744 - 1795
1742-1786, chemist, Swedish

Scheele, Carl Wilhelm

1742 - 1786
1745-1804, aeronaut; balloonist, Scottish; British

Tytler, James

1745 - 1804

Parry, Joseph

1744 - 1826

Saunders, William

1743 - 1817
1743-1830, medallist, coin-engraver, British

Pingo, Lewis

1743 - 1830
1742-1821, naturalist; botanist; professor of botany, Swedish

Retzius, Anders Jahan

1742 - 1821
1749 - 1829, police force, British

Bow Street Runners

1749
1748-1832, philosopher; jurist; reformer, English

Bentham, Jeremy

1748 - 1832
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

1741 - 1832
1740-1810, balloon pioneer, French

Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel

1740 - 1810