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

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Robert Hooke

1635 - 1703

Nicolas Flamel

1330 - 1418
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

1632 - 1723
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Thomas Tompion

1639 - 1713
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Isaac Newton

1642 - 1727
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564

Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

1527 - 1609
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci

1452 - 1519
1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Robert Bissaker

1620 - 1685
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Acquapendente

1537 - 1619
c. 1412-1431, saint, French

Jeanne d'Arc

1412 - 1491
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Michael Butterfield

1634 - 1724
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Caspar Vopel

1511 - 1561
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647
ca. 1318-1389, mathematician; philosopher; astronomer; physician, Italian

Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio

1318 - 1389
1610-1676, clock maker, English

John Holloway

1610 - 1676
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Peter Pett

1610 - 1672
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601
1588-1660, physician; antiquary; archaeologist, French

Jean-Jacques Chifflet

1588 - 1660
1633-1701, Secretary of State, English; British

Joseph Williamson

1633 - 1701
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1601-1667, 2nd Marquis of Worcester; courtier; scientist, English; British

Edward Somerset

1601 - 1667
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623