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

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

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

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci

1452 - 1519
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
c. 1412-1431, saint, French

Jeanne d'Arc

1412 - 1491
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Acquapendente

1537 - 1619
1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Caspar Vopel

1511 - 1561
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Tycho Brahe

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

Jean-Jacques Chifflet

1588 - 1660
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Johannes Kepler

1571 - 1630
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Rembert Dodoens

1517 - 1585
c. 1478-1553, physician; scholar; poet; astronomer; geologist, Italian

Fracastorius

1478 - 1553

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1473-1543, mathematician; astronomer, Polish

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 - 1543
1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947
1552-1622, astronomer; cartographer; clergyman, Dutch

Petrus Plancius

1552 - 1622
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666
1507-1568, printer; linguist, Swiss

Johannes Oporinus

1507 - 1568
1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VII

1491 - 1547
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Nicolas Monardes

1493 - 1588
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Phineas Pett

1570 - 1608
1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles

1600 - 1649
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Jan Steven van Calcar

1499 - 1546
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Philippe Danfrie

1525 - 1608
1531-1571, painter; artist; draughtsman, Italian

Tommaso Manzuoli

1531 - 1571
active 1487-1550, astronomer; scientific instrument maker, German

Nicolaus Kratzer

1486 - 1550
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Antoine Morand

1600 - 1682
1572-1638, publisher, printer, Exeter, England, English

William Stansby

1572 - 1609
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Edward Kelley

1555 - 1598
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Georg Agricola

1494 - 1555
1512-1594, cartographer; geographer; mathematician, Belgian

Gerhard Mercator

1512 - 1594
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Emery Molyneux

1560 - 1506
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Matthaus Greuter

1566 - 1638