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

Robert Hooke

1635 - 1703
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
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
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

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

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

John Rowley

1668 - 1728
1656-1742, astronomer, English

Edmond Halley

1656 - 1742
1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

1660 - 1742
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715
1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Thomas Newcomen

1663 - 1729
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Francis Hauksbee

1660 - 1713
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723
1652-1733, active 1700-1733, mathematical instrument and sundial maker, Paris, France, French

Nicolas Bion

1652 - 1733
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Michael Butterfield

1634 - 1724
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706

Sheerness Dockyard

1665 - 1957
1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

1658 - 1738
1654-1730, physician; military surgeon; French

Augustin Belloste

1654 - 1730
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Harumi Shibukawa

1639 - 1715
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

James Gregory

1638 - 1675
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1661-1739, medallist, German

Christian Wermuth

1661 - 1739
1646-1719, astronomer, English; British

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
1632-1704, philosopher; physician, English

John Locke

1632 - 1704

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651
1658-1736, surgeon, French

Georges Mareschal

1658 - 1736

Martin Lister

1638 - 1712
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Jean Godinot

1661 - 1749
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1650-1909, wholesale chemist; druggist, London, England

Hearon, Squire and Francis Limited

1650 - 1909
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 - 1716
1658-1766, perfume designer; perfume maker, Italian

Johann Maria Farina

1658 - 1766
1658-1740, sculptor; medallist, Italian

Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi

1658 - 1740
1633/5-1692, artist; engraver; draughtsman, British

David Loggan

1633 - 1692
1650-1718, cartographer; globemaker, Italian

Vincenzo Coronelli

1650 - 1718
1662-1726, writer, Dutch

Jan van der Heiden

1662 - 1726
1668-1744, philosopher; historian; jurist; rhetorician, Italian

Giovanni Battista Vico

1668 - 1744
1661-1737, physician, French

Philippe Hecquet

1661 - 1737
1651-1742, mathematician, British

Abraham Sharp

1651 - 1742

George Keith

1639 - 1716
1638-1771, anatomist; botanist; physician, Dutch

Frederik Ruysch

1638 - 1771

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738