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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
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
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
active 1700-1737, mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Edmund Culpeper

1670 - 1737
1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

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

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Thomas Newcomen

1663 - 1729
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
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

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
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
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Jean Godinot

1661 - 1749
1658-1736, surgeon, French

Georges Mareschal

1658 - 1736
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
1658-1740, sculptor; medallist, Italian

Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi

1658 - 1740
1658-1766, perfume designer; perfume maker, Italian

Johann Maria Farina

1658 - 1766
1650-1718, cartographer; globemaker, Italian

Vincenzo Coronelli

1650 - 1718
1668-1744, philosopher; historian; jurist; rhetorician, Italian

Giovanni Battista Vico

1668 - 1744
1651-1742, mathematician, British

Abraham Sharp

1651 - 1742
1662-1726, writer, Dutch

Jan van der Heiden

1662 - 1726
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1661-1737, physician, French

Philippe Hecquet

1661 - 1737
1652-1743, engraver; portraitist; mezzotinter, British

John Smith

1652 - 1743

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Johann Rudolf Schmutz

1670 - 1715
1660-1694, patron, duke, Italian

Francesco II d'Este

1660 - 1694
1644-1703, engineer; engraver, British

Henry Winstanley

1644 - 1703
1668-1707, doctor; medical researcher; anatomist; pathologist; physician, Croatian-born Armenian

Giorgio Baglivi

1668 - 1707
1665-1714, monarch, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland

Anne

1665 - 1714
1662-1744, German

Johann George Volckamer

1662 - 1744
1644-1727, bookseller; benefactor, hospital founder, English

Thomas Guy

1644 - 1727
1642-1695, clock and watchmaker, London, English

Henry Jones

1642 - 1695
1642-1717, physician; alchemist; statesman, German

Jakob Waitz

1642 - 1717