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1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
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
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Bissaker, Robert

1620 - 1685

Hedges, Nick

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1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Pett, Peter

1610 - 1672
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Torricelli, Evangelista

1608 - 1647
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
1610-1676, clock maker, English

Holloway, John

1610 - 1676
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Pett, Phineas

1619 - 1666
1601-1667, 2nd Marquis of Worcester; courtier; scientist, English; British

Somerset, Edward

1601 - 1667
1572-current (2010), religious order, Italian

Fate Bene Fratelli (Brotherhood)

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

Pett, the elder, Phineas

1570 - 1608
1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

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

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598
1618-1698, apothecary, French

Charas, Moyse

1618 - 1698
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
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763
c. 1607-1693, clockmaker; mechanic, English

Fromanteel, Ahasuerus

1607 - 1693

Barba, Alvaro Alonso

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

Barberini, Cardinal Francesco

1597 - 1679
1611-1693, artist; painter; draughtsman, Dutch

Velde I, Willem van de

1611 - 1693
1614-1673, physician; anatomist, English

Wharton, Thomas

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

Heerschop, Hendrik

1620 - 1672
1611-1687, astronomer, German; Polish?

Hevelius, Johannes

1611 - 1687
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666
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
active 1772, artist; painter, Netherlands

Brandt, David Menso

1606 - 1669
1619-1682, inventor; Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, German Prince active in England

Rupert

1619 - 1682
1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Thou, Jacques Auguste de

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

Descartes, René

1596 - 1650
1605-1691, astronomer, French

Bouilleau, Ismael

1605 - 1691
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius

1593 - 1661