LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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