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

Robert Hooke

1635 - 1703
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
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Michael Butterfield

1634 - 1724
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
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Harumi Shibukawa

1639 - 1715
1633-1701, Secretary of State, English; British

Joseph Williamson

1633 - 1701
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

James Gregory

1638 - 1675
1630-1685, reigned 1660-1685, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles

1630 - 1685
1646-1719, astronomer, English; British

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651

Martin Lister

1638 - 1712

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 - 1716
1633/5-1692, artist; engraver; draughtsman, British

David Loggan

1633 - 1692
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Gideon Harvey

1636 - 1702
1644-1727, bookseller; benefactor, hospital founder, English

Thomas Guy

1644 - 1727
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1642-1695, clock and watchmaker, London, English

Henry Jones

1642 - 1695
1637-1720, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Spanish

Ramon Perellos de

1637 - 1720
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Sebastien Le

1637 - 1714
1637-1712, inventor; artist; Dutch

Jan van der Heyden

1637 - 1712
1647-1730, politician; statesman, English

Daniel Finch

1647 - 1730
1639-1694, scientific instrument maker, German

Michael Tobias Hager

1639 - 1694
1640-1705, Holy Roman Emperor from 1658-1705

Leopold I

1640 - 1705
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Antoine-Jean Morand

1640 - 1682
active 1663, clock-maker, England?

Samuel Knibb

1625 - 1674
1636 or 1838-1706, physician; anatomist, French, published Nouvelles tables anatomiques, 1678

Amé Bourdon

1636 - 1706
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706
1627-1691, natural philosopher, Irish

Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691
1631-current (2011), city guild, English; British

Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

1631
1632-1723, architect; mathematician; astronomer, English

Christopher Wren

1632 - 1723
1632-1704, philosopher; physician, English

John Locke

1632 - 1704
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Francesco Redi

1626 - 1697
1628-current (2015), board of control of the Royal Navy, London, England

Board of Admiralty

1628
1638-1771, anatomist; botanist; physician, Dutch

Frederik Ruysch

1638 - 1771

George Keith

1639 - 1716
1644-1703, engineer; engraver, British

Henry Winstanley

1644 - 1703