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1633/5-1692, artist; engraver; draughtsman, British

Loggan, David

1633 - 1692
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1641-1682, Jesuit missionary; ascetical writer, French

Saint Claude de la Colombiere

1641 - 1682
1644-1703, engineer; engraver, British

Winstanley, Henry

1644 - 1703
1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Tull, Jethro

1674 - 1741
1650-1722, soldier; statesman; 1st Duke of Marlborough, English

Churchill, John

1650 - 1722
1620 or 1621- c. 1672, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Heerschop, Hendrik

1620 - 1672
1640-1705, Holy Roman Emperor from 1658-1705

Leopold I

1640 - 1705
ca. 1666-1719, writer; science lecturer, English

Harris, John

1666 - 1719
1611-1687, astronomer, German; Polish?

Hevelius, Johannes

1611 - 1687
1627-1705, naturalist; theologian, English

Ray, John

1627 - 1705
1632-1723, architect; mathematician; astronomer, English

Wren, Sir Christopher

1632 - 1723
1658-1736, surgeon, French

Mareschal, Georges

1658 - 1736
1677-1761, natural philosopher, English

Hales, Stephen

1677 - 1761
1602-1686, physicist; engineer; natural philosopher, Prussian; German

Guericke, Otto von

1602 - 1686
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Leupold, Jacob

1674 - 1727
1652-1733, active 1700-1733, mathematical instrument and sundial maker, Paris, France, French

Bion, Nicolas

1652 - 1733
1650-1730, physician; surgeon, Belgian

Palfyn, Jan

1650 - 1730
1646-1719, astronomer, English; British

Flamsteed, John

1646 - 1719
1621-1675, physician; natural philosopher, English

Willis, Thomas

1621 - 1675
1633-1701, Secretary of State, English; British

Williamson, Joseph

1633 - 1701
1642-1695, clock and watchmaker, London, English

Jones, Henry

1642 - 1695
1601-1665, mathematician, French

Fermat, Pierre de

1601 - 1665
1676-1739, physician; surgeon; writer; botanist, French

Reneaulme de Lagaranne, Michel-Louis

1676 - 1739
1625-1712, mathematician; astronomer, French

Cassini, Giovanni Domenico

1625 - 1712
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Newton, Sir Isaac

1642 - 1727
1616-1677, painter; printmaker, Dutch

Wyck, Thomas

1616 - 1677
1612/1613-1682, engraver, active England, French

Lombart, Pierre

1612 - 1682
1662-1694, Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland, reigned 1689-1694

Mary II

1662 - 1694
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Kneller, Sir Godfrey

1646 - 1723
1654-1730, physician; military surgeon; French

Belloste, Augustin

1654 - 1730
active 1700-1737, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Culpeper, Edmund

1670 - 1737
1633/4-1721, artist, marine painter, Dutch

Sailmaker, Isaac

1633 - 1721
1650-1718, cartographer; globemaker, Italian

Coronelli, Vincenzo

1650 - 1718
1674-1731, 4th Earl of Orrery, nobleman; statesman; patron of the sciences, Irish

Charles Boyle

1674 - 1731
1660-1694, patron, duke, Italian

Francesco II d'Este

1660 - 1694
bap. 1678, d. 1740, publisher; map maker; globe maker, English

Senex, John

1678 - 1740
1661-1739, medallist, German

Wermuth, Christian

1661 - 1739
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Tompion, Thomas

1639 - 1713
1658-1766, perfume designer; perfume maker, Italian

Farina, Johann Maria

1658 - 1766
1607-1678, etcher, active London from 1636-1644, 1651-, Bohemian

Hollar, Wenceslaus

1607 - 1678
c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

Rowley, John

1668 - 1728
1606-1649, son of Galileo, especially gifted in poetry, music, and mechanics, Italian

Galilei, Vincenzo

1606 - 1649
c. 1680-1751, portrait painter; artist, British

Gibson, Thomas

1680 - 1751
1639-1694, scientific instrument maker, German

Hager, Michael Tobias

1639 - 1694
1601-1667, 2nd Marquis of Worcester; courtier; scientist, English; British

Somerset, Edward

1601 - 1667
1671-1734, cattleman; outlaw, Scottish

MacGregor, Robert Roy

1671 - 1734
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Boerhaave, Herman

1668 - 1738
1663-1713, Prince of Tuscany

Ferdinand III de Medici

1663 - 1713
1675-1755, priest; historian; poet, Italian

Baruffaldi, Girolamo

1675 - 1755