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Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution); (26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794); (French pronunciation: ), the “father of modern chemistry”, was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry and biolog
Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was an Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. He along with Henry Thomas C
Edward Gibbon (April 27, 1737 – January 16, 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The Decline
Lucie Simplice Camille Benoît Desmoulins (French pronunciation: March 2, 1760 – April 5, 1794) was a journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. He was a childhood friend of Maximilien Robespierre and a close
Suzanne Curchod (1737 – 6 May 1794) was a French-Swiss salonist and writer. She hosted one of the most celebrated salons of the Ancien Régime. She was the wife of Jacques Necker
Robert Baddeley (1733–1794) was an English actor. His parentage is unknown, as is his place of birth, though the latter may have been London. He worked as a cook and valet, and one of his employers was the actor-manager Samuel Foote, who may have i
Anne Lucile Philippe Laridon Duplessis (1770 – April 13, 1794) was the wife of the French revolutionary and journalist Camille Desmoulins. She was the daughter of Claude Etienne Laridon Duplessis, an official of the French Treasury, and Anne (somet
Mary Stuart, Countess of Bute and 1st Baroness Mount Stuart (February 1718 – 6 November 1794) was the daughter of Edward Wortley-Montagu and Lady Mary Pierrepont (the daughter of the 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull).
Philippe de Noailles, comte de Noailles and later prince de Poix, duc de Mouchy, and duc de Poix à brevêt (2
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (IPA: 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) is one of the best-known
Georges Jacques Danton (French pronunciation: 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure in the e
John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart (25 September 1767 – 22 January 1794), was a Scottish Tory politician.