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1753-1816, Lord Mahon, third earl Stanhope; inventor; politician, English; British

Stanhope, Charles

1753 - 1816
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1779-1856, engraver; artist; landscape painter, British

Lewis, Frederick Christian

1779 - 1856
1779-1843, designer; steam locomotive maker, British

Hedley, William

1779 - 1843
1781-1845, marine artist, British

Huggins, William John

1781 - 1845
1768-1843, mathematician; astronomer; inventor of the eidograph, Scottish; British

Wallace, William

1768 - 1843
1748-1836, botanist, French

Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de

1748 - 1836
1744-1818, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, consort of George III

Charlotte

1744 - 1818
1743-1798, engineer; inventor, American

Fitch, John

1743 - 1798
1751-1832, engineer, French

de Jouffroy, Claude-François-Dorothée

1751 - 1832
1779-1848, chemist, Swedish

Berzelius, Jons Jakob

1779 - 1848
1744-1796, painter; illustrator, Scottish; British

Allan, David

1744 - 1796
1769-1849, civil engineer, French-born; American

Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849
active 1820-1852, optician; optical, mathematical, astronomical & philosophical instrument maker

Dollond, George

1774 - 1852
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1770-1843, engineer, English; British

Penn, John

1770 - 1843
1769-1822, antiquary; mineralogist, English; British

Clarke, Edward Daniel

1769 - 1822
1784-1865, experimental philosopher; scientific administrator, British; English

Christie, Samuel Hunter

1784 - 1865
comte de Chanteloup, 1756-1832, chemist; statesman, French

Chaptal, Jean-Antoine-Claude

1756 - 1832
1759-1806, clerk; aeronaut; balloonist, Italian

Lunardi, Vincenzo

1759 - 1806
1759-1806, politcian, English

Pitt, William

1759 - 1806
1779-1838, artist; painter; portraitist, French

Langlois, Jérome Martin

1779 - 1838
active 1790s-1800s, journalist; writer; publisher, British

Heriot, John

1760 - 1833
1770-1850, artist; printmaker, active in the United States, British; English

Hill, John

1770 - 1850
1760-1818, botanist; taxonomist, Swedish

Swartz, Olof Peter

1760 - 1818
1761-1783, artistic society, London, English; British

Free Society of Artists

1761 - 1783
1751-1820, judge; politician, English; British

Gibbs, Sir Vicary

1751 - 1820
1757-1834, aristocrat; military officer; marquis de Lafayette, French

Lafayette

1757 - 1834
1775-1856, surgical instrument maker & natural philosopher, English

Pepys, William Haseldine

1775 - 1856
1769-1839, geologist; civil engineer, British

Smith, William

1769 - 1839
1768-1837, physician; writer, English; British

Thornton, Robert John

1768 - 1837
1749-1809, natural philosopher, Italian

Cavallo, Tiberius

1749 - 1809
1743-1792, mechanical engineer; blacksmith; millwright, American

Rumsey, James

1743 - 1791
1767-1827, silversmith, British

Taylor, Joseph

1767 - 1827
1740-1800, ironmaster, British

Cort, Henry

1740 - 1800
1752-1788, history painter, English; British

Farington, George

1752 - 1705
1757-1834, engraver; etcher, British

Heath, James

1757 - 1834
1745-1799, balloon pioneer, French

Montgolfier, Jacques-Étienne

1745 - 1799
1759-1840, surgeon, Italian

Assalini, Paolo

1759 - 1840
1777-1859, historian, English; British

Hallam, Henry

1777 - 1859
1744-1832, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Paris, France

Lenoir, Etienne

1744 - 1832
1748-1819, mathematician; geologist, British; Scottish

Playfair, John

1748 - 1819
1747-1792, Holy Roman Emperor from 1790-1792

Leopold II

1747 - 1792
1780-1871, inventor, American

Dyer, Joseph Chessborough

1780 - 1871
1768-1835/6, tool maker; French? German?

Holtzapffel, John Jacob

1768
1781-1826, physician; inventor of the monaural stethoscope, French

Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinthe

1781 - 1826
1766-1844, chemist; natural philosopher, English; British

Dalton, John

1766 - 1844
1763-1814, married to Napoleon I (1796), Empress of France 1804-1809, French

Beauharnais, Josephine de

1763 - 1814
1783-1844, artist, British; Scottish

Geddes, Andrew

1783 - 1844
1783-1848, engraver, French

Dequevauviller, François Jacques

1783 - 1848