James Cook
1728 – 1779
English

Admiral and explorer. He explored the Pacific and Antarctica, and brought along scientists, botanists, and naturalists.

Contemporaries
1759–1997Mary Wollstonecraft
1759–1833William Wilberforce
1759–1836Charles Simeon
1743–1805William Paley
1737–1809Thomas Paine
1689–1762Lady Mary Montagu
1766–1834Thomas Malthus
1778–1840George Brummell
1754–1825Thomas Bowdler
1757–1827William Blake
1775–1817Jane Austen