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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
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Edward Jenner

1749 - 1823
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

1632 - 1723
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Thomas Tompion

1639 - 1713
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Isaac Newton

1642 - 1727
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Francis Willis

1718 - 1807
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564
Mr

Edmund Cartwright

1743 - 1823

Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Anna Morandi Manzolini

1716 - 1774
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

James Lind

1716 - 1794
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi

1711 - 1778
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

1743 - 1794
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

1659 - 1723
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
Mr

John Kay

1704 - 1780
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

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

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Benjamin Martin

1705 - 1782
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Ami Argand

1750 - 1803
1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751
Baron Anson

George Anson

1697 - 1762
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

William Smellie

1697 - 1763
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Leonhard Euler

1707 - 1783
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

William Herschel

1738 - 1822
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

John Hunter

1728 - 1793

Thomas Simpson

1710 - 1761
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger

1722 - 1809
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

James Six

1731 - 1793
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Carlisle Spedding

1696 - 1755
1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Thomas Tuttell

1674 - 1702