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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Thomas Bayes
Mathematician
1701 7-Apr-1761 Bayes' theorem
Edward Boscawen
Military
19-Aug-1711 10-Jan-1761 British admiral, Seven Years' War
Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix
Explorer
29-Oct-1682 1-Feb-1761 Jesuit explorer of America
John Dollond
Physicist
10-Jun-1706 30-Nov-1761 Invented achromatic lenses
Stephen Hales
Scientist
7-Sep-1677 4-Jan-1761 Statical Essays
Benjamin Hoadly
Religion
14-Nov-1676 17-Apr-1761 Anglican Bishop and controversialist
William Law
Religion
1686 9-Apr-1761 Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
Samuel Richardson
Novelist
1689 4-Jul-1761 Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded


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