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1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
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
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

1659 - 1723
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751
active 1681 - present (2010), cutlers and electroplaters, Sheffield

George Butler & Co

1681
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
Baron Anson

George Anson

1697 - 1762
1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

William Smellie

1697 - 1763
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Carlisle Spedding

1696 - 1755
1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Thomas Tuttell

1674 - 1702
c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

John Rowley

1668 - 1728
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Richard Glynne

1681 - 1755
1656-1742, astronomer, English

Edmond Halley

1656 - 1742
active 1700-1737, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Edmund Culpeper

1670 - 1737
1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

1660 - 1742
1700-1772, physician to Empress Maria Theresa, Dutch

Gerard Van Swieten

1700 - 1772
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Benjamin Cole

1695 - 1766
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771
1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Thomas Newcomen

1663 - 1729
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Jonathan Sisson

1690 - 1747
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
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
1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Pieter van Musschenbroek

1692 - 1761
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741
1652-1733, active 1700-1733, mathematical instrument and sundial maker, Paris, France, French

Nicolas Bion

1652 - 1733

Sheerness Dockyard

1665 - 1957
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Jan van Musschenbroek

1687 - 1748
1693-1764, postal entrepreneur; philanthropist, English

Ralph Allen

1693 - 1764
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Jean-Baptiste Falcon

1690
1674-1731, 4th Earl of Orrery, nobleman; statesman; patron of the sciences, Irish

Charles Boyle

1674 - 1731
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Matthew Loft

1697 - 1747
1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

1658 - 1738
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Jacob Leupold

1674 - 1727
1654-1730, physician; military surgeon; French

Augustin Belloste

1654 - 1730
1694-c. 1776, astronomer, English

Thomas Phelps

1694 - 1776

Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761