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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
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
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
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

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

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838
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
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
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
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
1769-1859, naturalist; explorer, German

Humboldt, Alexander von

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

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840
1786-1862, shipping broker, British

Willcox, Brodie McGhie

1786 - 1862
1758-1828, millwright, French

Brezin, Michel

1758 - 1828
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

Cayley, Sir George

1773 - 1857
1756-1823, artist; portraitist, Scottish; British

Raeburn, Sir Henry

1756 - 1823
1778-1850, chemist; physicist, French

Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis

1778 - 1850
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1789-1850, lithographer; printer, British

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph

1789 - 1850
1776-1861, army officer and colonial official, English; British

Douglas, Sir Howard

1776 - 1861
active 1780-1812 in London, artist, German

Stadler, Joseph Constantine

1780 - 1822
1778-1829, chemist; inventor; lecturer, British; English

Davy, Sir Humphry

1778 - 1829
1769-1852, first Duke of Wellington; army officer; prime minister, British

Wellesley, Arthur

1769 - 1852
1782-1871, painter; engraver, British

Lewis, George Robert

1782 - 1871
c. 1780-1837, engineer, British

Dodd, Barrodall Robert

1780 - 1837
1773-1858, botanist; explorer; gardener; traveller, French

Bonpland, Aime Jacques Alexandre

1773 - 1858
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
1777-1850, pharmacist; chemist; French

Labarraque, Antoine Germain

1777 - 1850
1766-1844, chemist; educationist, British

Hope, Thomas Charles

1766 - 1844
1778-1846, naturalist; artist, French

Lesueur, Charles-Alexandre

1778 - 1846
1763-1851, hospital, English; British

Inoculation Hospital, St Pancras

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

Vivian, Andrew

1759 - 1842
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833