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

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
1679-1710, chemist, German

Rothe, Gottfried

1679 - 1710
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

King, Peter

1669 - 1734
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Mariotte, Edmé

1620 - 1684
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Butterfield, Michael

1634 - 1724
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Knittl, Franz Antoni

1671 - 1744
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
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1599-1667, pope, Italian

Alexander VII

1599 - 1655
1637-1720, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Spanish

Perellos de Roccaful, Ramon

1637 - 1720
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Mesnard, Jacques

1685 - 1746
1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
1583-1634, army general, Bohemian (now Czech)

Wallenstein, General

1583 - 2500
1637-1712, inventor; artist; Dutch

Heyden, Jan van der

1637 - 1712
1667-1745, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedarl, Dublin, Irish

Swift, Jonathan

1667 - 1745
1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638
Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Quare, Daniel

1648 - 1724
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Campani, Giuseppe

1635 - 1715
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Blaeu, , Willem Janszoon

1571 - 1638
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Dover, Thomas

1660 - 1704
active 1728, d. 1775

Tanner, John Sigismund

1700 - 1775
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

1695 - 1766
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

Gregory, James

1638 - 1675
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1672-1733, scholar, Swiss

Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob

1672 - 1733
1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Tulp, Nicolaas

1593 - 1674
1661-1737, physician, French

Hecquet, Philippe

1661 - 1737
1632-1704, philosopher; physician, English

Locke, John

1632 - 1704
1647-1730, politician; statesman, English

Finch, Daniel

1647 - 1730
1665-1714, monarch, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland

Anne

1665 - 1714
1662-1744, German

Volckamer, Johann George

1662 - 1744
1687-1765, antiquary; natural philosopher, British

Stukeley, William

1687 - 1765
1605-1682, physician; author, English

Browne, Sir Thomas

1605 - 1682
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Van Swieten, Gerard

1700 - 1772
1669-1760, anatomist, active Paris, Danish-born; French

Winslow, Jacques Benigne

1669 - 1760
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Shibukawa, Harumi

1639 - 1715
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista

1682 - 1771
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Pepys, Samuel

1633 - 1703