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1607-1678, etcher, active London from 1636-1644, 1651-, Bohemian

Hollar, Wenceslaus

1607 - 1678
1686-1743, astronomer, Indian

Jai Singh

1686 - 1743
active 1690-1760?, surgical instrument maker; cutler, London

Best, John

1690 - 1760
c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

Rowley, John

1668 - 1728
c. 1478-1553, physician; scholar; poet; astronomer; geologist, Italian

Fracastorius

1478 - 1553
1683-1746, active 1730s, artist, Jerseyan

Lemprière, Clement

1683 - 1746
1606-1649, son of Galileo, especially gifted in poetry, music, and mechanics, Italian

Galilei, Vincenzo

1606 - 1649
1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947
1509-1564, theologian, French

Calvin, John

1509 - 1564
1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VIII

1491 - 1547
c. 1680-1751, portrait painter; artist, British

Gibson, Thomas

1680 - 1751
1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles I

1600 - 1649
1682-1745, garden designer; writer, English

Switzer, Stephen

1682 - 1745
1639-1694, scientific instrument maker, German

Hager, Michael Tobias

1639 - 1694
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio, Santorio

1561 - 1636
1601-1667, 2nd Marquis of Worcester; courtier; scientist, English; British

Somerset, Edward

1601 - 1667
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Morand, Antoine

1600 - 1682
c. 1512-1575, physician; scholar, Dutch

Junius, Adrian

1512 - 1575
1671-1734, cattleman; outlaw, Scottish

MacGregor, Robert Roy

1671 - 1734
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Boerhaave, Herman

1668 - 1738
1663-1713, Prince of Tuscany

Ferdinand III de Medici

1663 - 1713
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Spedding, Carlisle

1696 - 1755
1696-1777, chemist, French

Bourdelin, Louis-Claude

1696 - 1777
1675-1755, priest; historian; poet, Italian

Baruffaldi, Girolamo

1675 - 1755
1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Saint Urbain, Ferdinand de

1658 - 1738
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Allen, Ralph

1693 - 1764
1532-1592, count of Hesse-Kassel,

Wilhelm IV

1532 - 1592
1685-1750, musical composer, German

Bach, Johann Sebastian

1685 - 1750
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Bissaker, Robert

1620 - 1685
1675-1728, physician, British

Freind, John

1675 - 1728
1457-1482, duchess of Burgundy

Mary

1457 - 1482
1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Newcomen, Thomas

1663 - 1729
1656-1742, astronomer, English

Halley, Edmond

1656 - 1742
1673-1733, engraver, France, French

Picart, Bernard

1673 - 1733
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

Marshall, John

1659 - 1723
1658-1740, sculptor; medallist, Italian

Soldani-Benzi, Massimiliano

1658 - 1740
1687-1761, medallist, French

Duvivier, Jean

1687 - 1761
1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Phelps, Thomas

1694 - 1776
1651-1742, mathematician, British

Sharp, Abraham

1651 - 1742
1451-1504, monarch; queen, Spanish

Isabella I of Castile

1451 - 1504
1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Tuttell, Thomas

1674 - 1702
1682-1742, engraver; printmaker; woodcutter, English

Kirkhall, Elisha

1682 - 1742
1577-1640, artist, German-born, Flemish; Belgian

Rubens, Peter Paul

1577 - 1640
1691-1779, medallist, French

Roettiers, Joseph-Charles

1691 - 1779
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Zahn, Johann

1641 - 1707
1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Helmont, Jean Baptiste van

1577 - 1644
1668-1744, philosopher; historian; jurist; rhetorician, Italian

Vico, Giovanni Battista

1668 - 1744
1614-ca. 1690, painter; printmaker, Dutch; active Italy, United Kingdom

Borcht, Hendrik van der

1614 - 1690
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Glynne, Richard

1681 - 1755
1665-1727, engraver; medallist, Flemish

Roettiers, Norbert

1665 - 1727