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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
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
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Acquapendente

1537 - 1619
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
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
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Johannes Kepler

1571 - 1630
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Rembert Dodoens

1517 - 1585

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666
1552-1622, astronomer; cartographer; clergyman, Dutch

Petrus Plancius

1552 - 1622
1507-1568, printer; linguist, Swiss

Johannes Oporinus

1507 - 1568
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Phineas Pett

1570 - 1608
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Matthaus Greuter

1566 - 1638
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
1531-1571, painter; artist; draughtsman, Italian

Tommaso Manzuoli

1531 - 1571
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Philippe Danfrie

1525 - 1608
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Edward Kelley

1555 - 1598
1550-1617, mathematician, Scottish

John Napier

1550 - 1617
1572-1638, publisher, printer, Exeter, England, English

William Stansby

1572 - 1609
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Apollonius Menabenus

1551 - 1661
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
1577-1640, artist, German-born, Flemish; Belgian

Peter Paul Rubens

1577 - 1640
1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Jean Baptiste van Helmont

1577 - 1644

Alvaro Alonso Barba

1569 - 1601
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Cornelius Janssen van

1593 - 1661
1527-1605, naturalist, Italian

Ulisse Aldovandi

1527 - 1605
1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603, sovereign, English

Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
c. 1512-1575, physician; scholar, Dutch

Adrian Junius

1512 - 1575
1530 or 1531-1596, alchemist; publisher, German?

Leonhardt Thurneisser

1530 - 1596
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1571 - 1638
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Johannes Blaeu

1596 - 528
1597-1681, artist, Flemish

Justus Sustermans

1597 - 1681
1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary

1516 - 1558