Browse People
- Arkwright, Sir Richard
- Bage, Charles
- Bage, Robert
- Baskerville, John
- Beddoes, Thomas
- Boothby, Brooke
- Boulton, Matthew
- Brindley, James
- Darwin, Erasmus
- Day, Thomas
- Dudley, Dud
- Edgeworth, Maria
- Edgeworth, Richard Lovell
- Galton Jnr, Samuel
- Hutton, William
- Johnson, Samuel
- Keir, James
- Lombe, John
- Lombe, Thomas
- Murdock, William
- Priestley, Joseph
- Russell, William
- Seward, Anna
- Shenstone, William
- Small, William
- Strutt, Jedediah
- Telford, Thomas
- Watt, James
- Wedgwood, Josiah
- Wedgwood, Ralph
- Wedgwood, Thomas
- Whitehurst, John
- Wilkinson, John
- Withering, William
- Wright, Joseph
- Wyatt, James
- Wyatt, Samuel
Films
Elihu Burritt – Birmingham and Black Country Lives
The 19th century Black Country attracted visitors from home and overseas who marvelled at the extent and diversity… read more »
Erasmus Darwin, At the Heart of the Lichfield Enlightenment
Dr Erasmus Darwin was at the heart of Lichfield’s rise as a centre of Enlightenment thought. Dr… read more »
Erasmus Darwin, the Scientist
Dr Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace Book details his many and varied interests. This film looks at some of… read more »
Industry and Genius: John Baskerville & the beauty of letters
Explore the life and work of John Baskerville – a Birmingham based printer, stone cutter, letter founder,… read more »
Lichfield, City of Philosophers
In the mid eighteenth century Lichfield became a ‘city of philosophers’. With contributions from Dr Malcolm Dick… read more »
Matthew Boulton helped to shape the life of eighteenth-century Birmingham
Matthew Boulton helped to shape the life of eighteenth-century Birmingham. The film considers the Lunar Society, the… read more »
Matthew Boulton: Selling what all the world desires
In this film we explore the industrial and commercial innovations of Matthew Boulton.
The Lunar Society Trail: Following the men who made the modern world
The Lunar Society Trail – Birmingham, UK In the 18th century a unique group of friends came… read more »
