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

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

Dee, John

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

Galilei, Galileo

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

Santorio, Santorio

1561 - 1636
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

ab Acquapendente, Hieronymus Fabricius

1537 - 1619

Hedges, Nick

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1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Heiden, Christian

1526 - 1576
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Brahe, Tycho

1546 - 1601
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Cole, Humfrey

1530 - 1591
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Allen, Elias

1588 - 1653
1588-1660, physician; antiquary; archaeologist, French

Chifflet, Jean-Jacques

1588 - 1660
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
1572-current (2010), religious order, Italian

Fate Bene Fratelli (Brotherhood)

1572
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Pett, the elder, Phineas

1570 - 1608
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Verdala, Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de

1531 - 1595
1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Kepler, Johannes

1571 - 1630
1572-1638, publisher, printer, Exeter, England, English

Stansby, William

1572 - 1609
1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles I

1600 - 1649

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Danfrie, Philippe

1525 - 1608

Barba, Alvaro Alonso

1569 - 1662
1597-1679, cardinal; bishop, Italian

Barberini, Cardinal Francesco

1597 - 1679
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666
1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603, sovereign, English

Elizabeth I

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

Manzuoli, Tommaso

1531 - 1571
1552-1622, astronomer; cartographer; clergyman, Dutch

Plancius, Petrus

1552 - 1622
1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Morand, Antoine

1600 - 1682
1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Helmont, Jean Baptiste van

1577 - 1644
1568-current (2011), stately home; safari park, English; British

Longleat House

1568
1552-, school, London, England

Christ's Hospital

1552

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

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

Thou, Jacques Auguste de

1553 - 1617
1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

Descartes, René

1596 - 1650
1527-1598, cartographer; geographer, Flemish

Ortelius, Abraham

1527 - 1598
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius

1593 - 1661
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Menabenus, Apollonius

1551 - 1661
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Blaeu, Johannes

1596 - 528
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Van Dyck, Anthony

1599 - 1641
c.1532-1590, principal secretary, English; British

Walsingham, Francis

1532 - 1590