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

Culpeper, Edmund

1670 - 1737
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

Marshall, John

1659 - 1723
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

1690

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Perry, John

1670 - 1702

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
active 1772, artist; painter, Netherlands

Brandt, David Menso

1606 - 1669
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
1684-1734

Chadwicke, John

1684 - 1734
1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Le Clerc, Sebastien

1637 - 1714
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

Hodgson, James

1672 - 1755
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Dassier, Jean

1676 - 1763
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Bidloo, Govert

1649 - 1713
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Papin, Denis

1647
1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757
1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759
1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Coram, Thomas

1668 - 1751
1683-1744, natural philosopher; engineer, French born, active England

Desaguliers, John Theophilus

1683 - 1744
1693-1768, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; first duke of Newcastle under Lyme, prime minister, English

Holles, Thomas Pelham-

1693 - 1768
1610-1676, clock maker, English

Holloway, John

1610 - 1676
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

1646 - 1716
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Godinot, Jean

1661 - 1749
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Redi, Francesco

1626 - 1697
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
1619-1682, inventor; Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, German Prince active in England

Rupert

1619 - 1682
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Schmutz, Johann Rudolf

1670 - 1715
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Harvey, Gideon

1636 - 1702
1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767
1639-1684, artist; painter, Dutch

Netscher, Caspar

1639 - 1684
1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751
1618-1698, apothecary, French

Charas, Moyse

1618 - 1698
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762