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

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
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
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Isaac Newton

1642 - 1727

Robert Boyle

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

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

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

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Robert Bissaker

1620 - 1685
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Michael Butterfield

1634 - 1724
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Harumi Shibukawa

1639 - 1715
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647
1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Peter Pett

1610 - 1672
1610-1676, clock maker, English

John Holloway

1610 - 1676
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1633-1701, Secretary of State, English; British

Joseph Williamson

1633 - 1701
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
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
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1630-1685, reigned 1660-1685, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles

1630 - 1685
1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Phineas Pett

1619 - 1666

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1646-1719, astronomer, English; British

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651

Martin Lister

1638 - 1712
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Emery Molyneux

1560 - 1506
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 - 1716

Alvaro Alonso Barba

1569 - 1601
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1633/5-1692, artist; engraver; draughtsman, British

David Loggan

1633 - 1692