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1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

1692 - 1761
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651
1650-1909, wholesale chemist; druggist, London, England

Hearon, Squire and Francis Limited

1650 - 1909
1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689
1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Trew, Christopher Jacob

1695 - 1769
1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

Cheselden, William

1688 - 1752
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752
1637-1720, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Spanish

Perellos de Roccaful, Ramon

1637 - 1720
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Mesnard, Jacques

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

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764
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
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
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
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1672-1733, scholar, Swiss

Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob

1672 - 1733
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
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
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Morand, Antoine-Jean

1640 - 1682
1678-1752 or 1753, artist; portrait painter, Swedish, active 1700 - London

Hysing, Hans

1678 - 1752
1620-1691, engraver, draughtsman, English

Faithorne, William

1620 - 1691
1622-1703, court mathematician; engineer, Italian

Viviani, Vincenzo

1622 - 1703
Active 1650-1707, marine painter, Dutch

Van der Velde, Willem

1633 - 1707
1630-1685, reigned 1660-1685, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles II

1630 - 1685
1668-1707, doctor; medical researcher; anatomist; pathologist; physician, Croatian-born Armenian

Baglivi, Giorgio

1668 - 1707
1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Pett, Phineas

1619 - 1666
1663-1733, naval commander (admiral), British

Byng, Sir George

1663 - 1733
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1644-1727, bookseller; benefactor, hospital founder, English

Guy, Thomas

1644 - 1727
1650-1702, Prince of Orange; King of England, Scotland & Ireland

William III

1650 - 1702
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Pascal, Blaise

1623 - 1662
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Savery, Thomas

1650 - 1715
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Thuret, Isaac

1630 - 1706