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Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803

Jenner, Edward (MD, FRS)

1749 - 1823

Withering, William (MD, FRS)

1741 - 1799

Bill, Robert

1754 - 1827

Banks, Joseph (Bt)

1743 - 1820

Bentham, Samuel

1757 - 1831

Currie, James

1756 - 1805

Coke, Thomas William (first earl of Leicester of Holkham)

1745 - 1842

Fortin, Nicolas

1750 - 1831

Faden, William

1749 - 1836

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de

1740 - 1812

Thompson, Benjamin (Count von Rumford)

1753 - 1814

Jackson, Cyril

1746 - 1819
1748-1832, philosopher; jurist; reformer, English

Bentham, Jeremy

1748 - 1832
1752-1840, physician; naturalist; physiologist; anthropologist. German

Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich

1752 - 1840
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825
1755-1816, engraver; artist; draughtsman, Swedish

Martin, Johann Frederik

1755 - 1816
1753-1814, scientist; natural philosopher; philanthropist, American-born; British?

Thompson, Count von Rumford, Sir Benjamin

1753 - 1814
1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

1741 - 1832
1747-1821, landscape painter; diarist, English; British

Farington, Joseph

1747 - 1821
1747-1823, watchmaker; horologist, Swiss; French

Bréguet, Abraham-Louis

1747 - 1823
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840
1758-1828, millwright, French

Brezin, Michel

1758 - 1828
1756-1823, artist; portraitist, Scottish; British

Raeburn, Sir Henry

1756 - 1823
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1743-1820, explorer; naturalist; patron of science, British

Banks, Sir Joseph

1743 - 1820
1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German

Löscher, Carl Emanuel

1750 - 1813
1759-1842, mechanical engineer, English; British

Vivian, Andrew

1759 - 1842
1757-1834, civil engineer, Scottish; British

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834
1753-1835, active, 1804-1826, optician & mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, Edward

1753 - 1835
1752-1817, artist; publisher, Welsh; British

Boydell, Josiah

1752 - 1817
1753-1828, artist; engraver; writer, British; English

Bewick, Thomas

1753 - 1828
1745-1798, portrait painter; artist, German

Hickel, Karl Anton

1745 - 1798
bap. 1753, d. 1828, aeronaut; balloonist; chemist, English

Sadler, James

1753 - 1828
1755-1830, physician; anatomist; atropologist; paleontologist; inventor, German

Soemmerring, Samuel Thomas von

1755 - 1830
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807
1759-1805, poet; dramatist, German

Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von

1759 - 1805
1742-1821, artist; collector, English; British

Cosway, Richard

1742 - 1821
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Hahnemann, Samuel

1755 - 1843
1756-1827, physicist; inventor, German

Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich

1756 - 1827
1740-1810, balloon pioneer, French

Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel

1740 - 1810
1758-1802, engraver, English; British

Thew, Robert

1758 - 1807