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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
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

1769 - 1832
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825
active 1790-1820, mathematical, philosophical, nautical & optical instrument makers, Paris, France

Jecker, Francoise-Antoine

1765 - 1834
1755-1816, engraver; artist; draughtsman, Swedish

Martin, Johann Frederik

1755 - 1816
1770-1843, anatomist, Irish

Macartney, James

1770 - 1843
1753-1814, scientist; natural philosopher; philanthropist, American-born; British?

Thompson, Count von Rumford, Sir Benjamin

1753 - 1814
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Pugin, Augustus Charles

1762 - 1832
1741-1832, physician, French

Portal, Antoine

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

Farington, Joseph

1747 - 1821
1769-1823, aeronaut; parachutist , French

Garnerin, Andre Jacques

1769 - 1823
1747-1823, watchmaker; horologist, Swiss; French

Bréguet, Abraham-Louis

1747 - 1823
1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

Leslie, Sir John

1766 - 1832
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1769-1859, naturalist; explorer, German

Humboldt, Alexander von

1769 - 1859
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
1769-1852, first Duke of Wellington; army officer; prime minister, British

Wellesley, Arthur

1769 - 1852
1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German

Löscher, Carl Emanuel

1750 - 1813
1765-1854, inventor of apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks, British

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854
1767-1839, scientific administrator; mathematician, British

Gilbert, Davies

1767 - 1839
1766-1844, chemist; educationist, British

Hope, Thomas Charles

1766 - 1844
1763-1851, hospital, English; British

Inoculation Hospital, St Pancras

1763 - 1851
1759-1842, mechanical engineer, English; British

Vivian, Andrew

1759 - 1842
1763-1805, engineer; cleric, French

Chappe, Claude

1763 - 1805
1769-1832, zoologist; naturalist, French

Cuvier, Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert

1769 - 1832
1752-1817, artist; publisher, Welsh; British

Boydell, Josiah

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

Bewick, Thomas

1753 - 1828
1765-1833, inventor, Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Niépce, Joseph Nicéphore

1765 - 1833
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
1766-1839, chemist; botanist, Austrian?

Jacquin, Joseph Franz von

1766 - 1839
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
1763-1823, painter; portraitist; history painter, British

Artaud, William

1763 - 1823
1741-1790, Holy Roman Emperor, Austrian

Joseph II

1741 - 1790