Industry
Place
Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
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

1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969

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

active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

1659 - 1723

Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702

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

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695

1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738

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

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707

1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751

active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760

1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Thomas Tuttell

1674 - 1702

c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

John Rowley

1668 - 1728

1656-1742, astronomer, English

Edmond Halley

1656 - 1742

active 1700-1737, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Edmund Culpeper

1670 - 1737

1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

1660 - 1742

1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704

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

East India Company

1600 - 1874

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

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715

1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626

1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Thomas Newcomen

1663 - 1729

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

Francis Hauksbee

1660 - 1713

1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715

1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647

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

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724

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

Robert Bissaker

1620 - 1685

c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904

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

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703

1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695

1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723

1652-1733, active 1700-1733, mathematical instrument and sundial maker, Paris, France, French

Nicolas Bion

1652 - 1733

1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741

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

Sheerness Dockyard

1665 - 1957

1674-1731, 4th Earl of Orrery, nobleman; statesman; patron of the sciences, Irish

Charles Boyle

1674 - 1731

1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647

1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

1658 - 1738

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

1610-1676, clock maker, English

John Holloway

1610 - 1676

1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Peter Pett

1610 - 1672

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

1654-1730, physician; military surgeon; French

Augustin Belloste

1654 - 1730

1633-1701, Secretary of State, English; British

Joseph Williamson

1633 - 1701