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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
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

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
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Robert Bissaker

1620 - 1685
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

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

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Peter Pett

1610 - 1672
1610-1676, clock maker, English

John Holloway

1610 - 1676
1588-1660, physician; antiquary; archaeologist, French

Jean-Jacques Chifflet

1588 - 1660
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
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

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

Johannes Kepler

1571 - 1630
1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Phineas Pett

1619 - 1666

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

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

Petrus Plancius

1552 - 1622
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles

1600 - 1649
c. 1607-1693, clockmaker; mechanic, English

Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1607 - 1693
1618-1698, apothecary, French

Moyse Charas

1618 - 1698
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
1601-1665, mathematician, French

Pierre de Fermat

1601 - 1665
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
1613-1688, architect; physician; anatomist, French

Claude Perrault

1613 - 1688
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Antoine Morand

1600 - 1682
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Apollonius Menabenus

1551 - 1661
1614-1673, physician; anatomist, English

Thomas Wharton

1614 - 1673
1620 or 1621- c. 1672, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Hendrik Heerschop

1620 - 1672
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Emery Molyneux

1560 - 1506
1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Jean Baptiste van Helmont

1577 - 1644

Alvaro Alonso Barba

1569 - 1601
1577-1640, artist, German-born, Flemish; Belgian

Peter Paul Rubens

1577 - 1640
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Cornelius Janssen van

1593 - 1661
1602-1686, physicist; engineer; natural philosopher, Prussian; German

Otto von Guericke

1602 - 1686
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
1611-1693, artist; painter; draughtsman, Dutch

Willem van de Velde

1611 - 1693
1616-1677, painter; printmaker, Dutch

Thomas Wyck

1616 - 1677