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

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Tompion, Thomas

1639 - 1713
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Newton, Sir Isaac

1642 - 1727
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Willis, Francis

1718 - 1807

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Zahn, Johann

1641 - 1707
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

1690
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774

Perry, John

1670 - 1702
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

Marshall, John

1659 - 1723
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Boerhaave, Herman

1668 - 1738
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Kay, John

1704 - 1781
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792

Adams, George

1709 - 1772
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740

Anson, George

1697 - 1762
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Euler, Leonhard

1707 - 1783
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
active 1720-?, surgical instrument maker, English?

Savigny and Company

1720
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Spedding, Carlisle

1696 - 1755
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Bowles, Carington

1724 - 1793

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761
1722-1809, physician, Austrian

Auenbrugger, Josef Leopold

1722 - 1809
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Glynne, Richard

1681 - 1755
1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

Graham, George

1673 - 1751
active 1656-current (2009), hospital, Paris, France

Salpetriere Hospital

1656
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

Rowley, John

1668 - 1728
1709-1772, active 1734-72, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, lecturer, English

Adams, George

1709 - 1772
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

1732 - 1797