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

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

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

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
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
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601
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

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1552-1622, astronomer; cartographer; clergyman, Dutch

Petrus Plancius

1552 - 1622
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

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

Phineas Pett

1570 - 1608
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Philippe Danfrie

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

Tommaso Manzuoli

1531 - 1571
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
1572-1638, publisher, printer, Exeter, England, English

William Stansby

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

Edward Kelley

1555 - 1598
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
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Apollonius Menabenus

1551 - 1661

Alvaro Alonso Barba

1569 - 1601
1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603, sovereign, English

Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Jean Baptiste van Helmont

1577 - 1644
1577-1640, artist, German-born, Flemish; Belgian

Peter Paul Rubens

1577 - 1640
1527-1605, naturalist, Italian

Ulisse Aldovandi

1527 - 1605
1550-1617, mathematician, Scottish

John Napier

1550 - 1617
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

1533 - 1606
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1571 - 1638
1530 or 1531-1596, alchemist; publisher, German?

Leonhardt Thurneisser

1530 - 1596
1529-1604, burgomaster of Leiden during the Spanish War and the pestilence of 1553, Dutch

Petrus Adriani Werfius

1529 - 1604
c.1545-1612, herbalist, English

John Gerard

1545 - 1612
c. 1524-1580, explorer; poet, Portuguese

Luiz de Camoes

1524 - 1580
1549-1610, missionary of the Order of Friars Minor, saint, Andalusia, Spain, Spanish

Francis

1549 - 1610
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
Mr

Vincenzo Scamozzi

1548 - 1616
1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Jacques Auguste de Thou

1553 - 1617
1557-1619, Holy Roman Emperor, 1612-1619

Matthias

1557 - 1619
1542-1605, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556-1605, Persian

Akbar

1542 - 1605
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

John Carver

1576 - 1621
1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward

1537 - 1553
c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660
1532-1592, count of Hesse-Kassel,

Wilhelm IV

1532 - 1592
1527-1598, cartographer; geographer, Flemish

Abraham Ortelius

1527 - 1598