ORGANIZATION

Club of British scientists, met 1765 to 1813.

Founding Date:
1765

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Matthew Boulton	Business	3-Sep-1728	17-Aug-1809	Financed the early steam engine
Erasmus Darwin	Naturalist	12-Dec-1731	18-Apr-1802	English naturalist, very bad poet
Benjamin Franklin	Diplomat	17-Jan-1706	17-Apr-1790	American founding father
Derek C. Hathaway	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Harsco, 1994-2007
Jerry Pournelle	Author	7-Aug-1933		Sci-Fi collaborator with Larry Niven
Joseph Priestley	Chemist	13-Mar-1733	6-Feb-1804	Investigated gases, discovered Oxygen
James Watt	Inventor	19-Jan-1736	19-Aug-1819	Invented modern steam engine
Josiah Wedgwood	Artist	1730	3-Jan-1795	Greatest potter of all time

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