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1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695

Flamel, Nicolas

1330 - 1418
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
about 1450-about 1512, surgeon, publisher of book on surgery, born Strasbourg, German?

Brunschwig, Hieronymus von

1450 - 1512
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon

1533 - 1606
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

King, Peter

1669 - 1734
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Mariotte, Edmé

1620 - 1684
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Butterfield, Michael

1634 - 1724
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Knittl, Franz Antoni

1671 - 1744

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

1548 - 1616

Perry, John

1670 - 1702

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606
active 1772, artist; painter, Netherlands

Brandt, David Menso

1606 - 1669
saint, Italian

Saint Catherine of Siena

1347 - 1380
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Le Clerc, Sebastien

1637 - 1714
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

Hodgson, James

1672 - 1755
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Bidloo, Govert

1649 - 1713
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Papin, Denis

1647
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623
1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Coram, Thomas

1668 - 1751
1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary I

1516 - 1558
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Verdala, Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de

1531 - 1595
1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

1646 - 1716
1610-1676, clock maker, English

Holloway, John

1610 - 1676
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Godinot, Jean

1661 - 1749
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Redi, Francesco

1626 - 1697
1516-1565, physician; naturalist, Swiss

Gesner, Konrad

1516 - 1565
ca. 1422-1491, printer; merchant; diplomat, English

Caxton, William

1422 - 1491
1619-1682, inventor; Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, German Prince active in England

Rupert

1619 - 1682
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598
1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Schmutz, Johann Rudolf

1670 - 1715
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Harvey, Gideon

1636 - 1702
1639-1684, artist; painter, Dutch

Netscher, Caspar

1639 - 1684
1432-1481, sultan of Ottoman empire, Turkish

Mehmed II

1432 - 1481
1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1618-1698, apothecary, French

Charas, Moyse

1618 - 1698