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1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

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

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Begas, Carl Joseph

1794 - 1854
1807-1868, active 1837-1868, optician, optical instrument maker (telescopes), English; British

Cooke, Thomas

1807 - 1868
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
1798-1873, architect, English, British

Tite, Sir William

1798 - 1873
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

1769 - 1832
1798-1862, medallist, Belgian

Pingret, Joseph Arnold

1798 - 1862
1796-1824, aeronaut; balloonist; gas engineer, British

Sadler, Windham

1796 - 1824
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
1803-1882, artist; engraver; watercolour painter, British

Duncan, Edward

1803 - 1882
1786-1817, electrical researcher; lecturer, London, England

Singer, George John

1786 - 1817
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
1787-1855, antiquary, portuguese scholar and railway administrator, Newcastle, British

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1792-1868, shipping broker, Scottish; British

Anderson, Arthur

1792 - 1868
1794-1875, engineer, French

Cave, Francois

1794 - 1875
1781-1868, natural philosopher and academic administrator, Scottish; British

Brewster, Sir David

1781 - 1868
1771-1802, physician; anatomist; physiologist, French

Bichat, Marie Francois Xavier

1771 - 1802
1804-1892, comparative anatomist; palaeontologist, British

Owen, Richard

1804 - 1892
1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1793-1864 artist; draughtsman, British

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

1793 - 1864
1747-1821, landscape painter; diarist, English; British

Farington, Joseph

1747 - 1821
1799-1868, botanist, Scottish; British

Arnott, George Arnott Walker

1799 - 1868
1769-1823, aeronaut; parachutist , French

Garnerin, Andre Jacques

1769 - 1823
1786-1862, medallist, Belgian

De Hondt, François

1786 - 1862
1778-1865, lecturer in science and astronomy, British

Walker, Deane Franklin

1778 - 1865
1747-1823, watchmaker; horologist, Swiss; French

Bréguet, Abraham-Louis

1747 - 1823
1807-1873, naturalist; biologist; palaeontologist; glaciologist; geologist, Swiss-born; American

Agassiz, Louis

1807 - 1873
active 1790-1815, printmaker, British

Godby, James

1790 - 1815
1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

Leslie, Sir John

1766 - 1832
1786-1869, wine merchant; amateur microscopist, British; English

Lister, Joseph Jackson

1786 - 1869
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1793-1821, government board, British

The Society of Agriculture

1793 - 1821
1797-1875, geologist, British

Lyell, Sir Charles

1797 - 1875
1801-1858, physiologist; comparative anatomist, German

Müller, Johan Peter

1801 - 1858
1769-1859, naturalist; explorer, German

Humboldt, Alexander von

1769 - 1859
1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840