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1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1755-1824, King of France and Navarre, 1815-1824

Louis XVIII

1755 - 1824
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles

1756 - 1836
1792-1849, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

William

1792 - 1849
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

William Austin Burt

1792 - 1858
1795-1846, inventor of lawn mower, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, British

Edwin Budding

1795 - 1846
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Francis Ronalds

1788 - 1873
1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Peter Nicholson

1765 - 1844
1794-1878, mycologist; botanist, Swedish

Elias Magnus Fries

1794 - 1878
1788-1856, sculptor; medallist, French

David D'Angers

1788 - 1856
1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Charles Hatchett

1765 - 1847
1756-1823, colliery manager, English; British

John Curr

1756 - 1823
1781-1841, sculptor, British; English

Francis Legatt Chantrey

1781 - 1841
1762-1836, physician; founder of macrobiotics; professor at Berlin University, German

Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

1762 - 1836
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Augustus Charles Pugin

1762 - 1832
1787-1855, antiquary, portuguese scholar and railway administrator, Newcastle, British

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Lewis Cubitt

1709 - 1883
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Reinhard Woltman

1712 - 1837
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Henry Booth

1788 - 1869
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

George Cayley

1773 - 1857
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Carl Joseph Begas

1794 - 1854
active 1780-1812 in London, artist, German

Joseph Constantine Stadler

1780 - 1822
1798-1873, architect, English, British

William Tite

1798 - 1873
1773-1858, botanist; explorer; gardener; traveller, French

Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland

1773 - 1858
1789-1867, medallist; engraver, Italian

Luigi Cossa

1789 - 1867
c. 1780-1837, engineer, British

Barrodall Robert Dodd

1780 - 1837
1798-1836, illustrator; caricaturist, British

Robert Seymour

1798 - 1836
1769-1832, zoologist; naturalist, French

Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier

1769 - 1832
1763-1805, engineer; cleric, French

Claude Chappe

1763 - 1805
1783-1842, portrait painter; miniature painter, British; English

Albin Roberts Burt

1783 - 1842
1798-2000, publisher, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited

1798 - 2000
1795-1865, miner and civil engineer, British

N Wood

1795 - 1865
1784-1864, burger; regent; councillor, Dutch

Gerbrand Faas Elias

1784 - 1864
1791-1844, artist; painter; antiquary, English

Henry Perronet Briggs

1791 - 1844
active about 1775-c. 1845, artist; marine painter, British

Robert Salmon

1775 - 1845
1775-1851, artist, watercolourist, printmaker, British

Joseph Mallord William Turner

1775 - 1851
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Horace Grant

1799 - 1859
1794-1858, engineer; ironfounder; manufacturer of locomotives, British

Edward Bury

1794 - 1858
1798-1862, medallist, Belgian

Joseph Arnold Pingret

1798 - 1862
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Józef Grassi

1757 - 1838
1756-1827, physicist; inventor, German

Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni

1756 - 1827
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

S W Fores

1761 - 1838
1786-1817, electrical researcher; lecturer, London, England

George John Singer

1786 - 1817
active 1790-1820, mathematical, philosophical, nautical & optical instrument makers, Paris, France

Francoise-Antoine Jecker

1765 - 1834
1795-1861, portrait painter; artist, British; Scottish

John Syme

1795 - 1861
1755-1816, engraver; artist; draughtsman, Swedish

Johann Frederik Martin

1755 - 1816
1770-1845, artist; portraitist, English; British

Thomas Phillips

1770 - 1845
1761-1844, engraver; medallist, French

André Galle

1761 - 1844
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

George Wilson Bridges

1788 - 1863