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1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Isaac Newton

1642 - 1727
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

1659 - 1723
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
1656-1742, astronomer, English

Edmond Halley

1656 - 1742
1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

1660 - 1742
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
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
1652-1733, active 1700-1733, mathematical instrument and sundial maker, Paris, France, French

Nicolas Bion

1652 - 1733
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723
1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

1658 - 1738
1646-1719, astronomer, English; British

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650

John Flamsteed

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

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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

Johann Maria Farina

1658 - 1766
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1652-1743, engraver; portraitist; mezzotinter, British

John Smith

1652 - 1743
1644-1727, bookseller; benefactor, hospital founder, English

Thomas Guy

1644 - 1727
1660-1694, patron, duke, Italian

Francesco II d'Este

1660 - 1694
1642-1695, clock and watchmaker, London, English

Henry Jones

1642 - 1695
1660-1713, engraver; etcher, printmaker, German; Dutch

Pieter Schenk

1660 - 1713
1650-1730, physician; surgeon, Belgian

Jan Palfyn

1650 - 1730
1647-1730, politician; statesman, English

Daniel Finch

1647 - 1730
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 1656-current (2009), hospital, Paris, France

Salpetriere Hospital

1656
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1660-current (2014), scientific learned society, English; British

The Royal Society

1660
1654-1730, physician; military surgeon; French

Augustin Belloste

1654 - 1730
1660-1741, chemist, German

Ambrose Godfrey

1660
1658-1736, surgeon, French

Georges Mareschal

1658 - 1736
1650-1718, cartographer; globemaker, Italian

Vincenzo Coronelli

1650 - 1718
1658-1740, sculptor; medallist, Italian

Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi

1658 - 1740
1651-1742, mathematician, British

Abraham Sharp

1651 - 1742
1644-1703, engineer; engraver, British

Henry Winstanley

1644 - 1703
1660-current [2025], postal service, Britain

Post Office

1660
1642-1717, physician; alchemist; statesman, German

Jakob Waitz

1642 - 1717
1650-1702, Prince of Orange; King of England, Scotland & Ireland

William III

1650 - 1702
1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Govert Bidloo

1649 - 1713
founded 1640 [ongoing 2006], academic institution, French

Academie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse

1640
1650-1722, soldier; statesman; 1st Duke of Marlborough, English

John Churchill

1650 - 1722
1647-1706, philosopher, French

Pierre Bayle

1647 - 1706
1641-1682, Jesuit missionary; ascetical writer, French

Claude de la Colombiere

1641 - 1682