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1759-1840, surgeon, Italian

Assalini, Paolo

1759 - 1840
1748-1819, mathematician; geologist, British; Scottish

Playfair, John

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

Leopold II

1747 - 1792
1763-1814, married to Napoleon I (1796), Empress of France 1804-1809, French

Beauharnais, Josephine de

1763 - 1814
1749-1819, physician; chemist, Scottish, British

Rutherford, Daniel

1749 - 1819
1758-1838, shipwright; Surveyor of the Navy, English; British

Tucker, Joseph

1758 - 1811
1750-1789, ironmaster, British; English

Darby, Abraham

1750 - 1789
1760-1836, German nobility; physician, Austrian

Von Stifft, Andreas Joseph

1760 - 1836
1749-1824, engraver, English

Sharp, William

1749 - 1824
1752-1808, anatomist; surgeon, British

Sheldon, John

1752 - 1808
1765-1815, inventor; engineer; artist, American

Fulton, Robert

1765 - 1815
active 1753-1963, museum; research centre, London

British Museum (Natural History)

1753 - 1963
1757-1823, artist; engraver; printmaker; draughtsman; architect, British; English

Tomkins, Charles

1757 - 1823
1751-1816, playwright; politician, Irish

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

1751 - 1816
active 1788-1817, mathematical, philosophical (globes) & optical instrument maker, English; British

Adams, Dudley

1760 - 1830
1765-1837, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland and Hanover

William IV

1765 - 1837
1758-1840, artist; painter; portraitist; landscapist; illustrator; engineer, Scottish; British

Nasmyth, Alexander

1758 - 1840
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
1761-1842, improver of cotton machinery, English; British

Radcliffe, William

1761 - 1842
1763-1829, chemist, French

Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas

1763 - 1829
1752-1832, physician; anatomist, Italian

Scarpa, Antonio

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

Beechey, Sir William

1753 - 1839
1763-1833, philologist; educator,Bohemian; Czech

Klar, Alois

1763 - 1833
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
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
1770-1844, portrait painter; history painter, printmaker, draughtsman, British

Drummond, Samuel

1765 - 1844
1753-1844, artist; watercolour painter, English; British

Nicholson, Francis

1753 - 1844
1761-1821, engineer, Scottish; British

Rennie, John

1761 - 1821
1760-1820, aeronaut; balloonist; balloon manufacturer, French

Robert, Noël

1760 - 1820
1758-1810, artist; portrait painter, British

Hoppner, John

1758 - 1810
1764-1805, civil engineer; surveyor; industrialist, English; British

Outram, Benjamin

1764 - 1805
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
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
1752-1815, anatomist, Italian

Mascagni, Paolo

1752 - 1815
King of Sweden

Carl XIV John

1763 - 1844