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1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Robert Hooke

1635 - 1703
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

1632 - 1723
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Thomas Tompion

1639 - 1713

Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

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

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Robert Bissaker

1620 - 1685
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Acquapendente

1537 - 1619
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Michael Butterfield

1634 - 1724
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Peter Pett

1610 - 1672
1610-1676, clock maker, English

John Holloway

1610 - 1676
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
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
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Harumi Shibukawa

1639 - 1715
1627-1691, natural philosopher, Irish

Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576
1633-1701, Secretary of State, English; British

Joseph Williamson

1633 - 1701
1601-1667, 2nd Marquis of Worcester; courtier; scientist, English; British

Edward Somerset

1601 - 1667
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

James Gregory

1638 - 1675
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
1630-1685, reigned 1660-1685, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles

1630 - 1685
1632-1723, architect; mathematician; astronomer, English

Christopher Wren

1632 - 1723
1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Phineas Pett

1619 - 1666

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
1632-1704, philosopher; physician, English

John Locke

1632 - 1704
1622-1703, court mathematician; engineer, Italian

Vincenzo Viviani

1622 - 1703

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651
1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947