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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
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
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

Sheerness Dockyard

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

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

1658 - 1738
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1646-1719, astronomer, English; British

John Flamsteed

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

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Jean Godinot

1661 - 1749

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
1662-1726, writer, Dutch

Jan van der Heiden

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

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

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

John Smith

1652 - 1743

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
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
1644-1727, bookseller; benefactor, hospital founder, English

Thomas Guy

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

Francesco II d'Este

1660 - 1694
1662-1744, German

Johann George Volckamer

1662 - 1744
1642-1695, clock and watchmaker, London, English

Henry Jones

1642 - 1695
1663-1733, naval commander (admiral), British

George Byng

1663 - 1733
1660-1713, engraver; etcher, printmaker, German; Dutch

Pieter Schenk

1660 - 1713
1662-1694, Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland, reigned 1689-1694

Mary II

1662 - 1694
1650-1730, physician; surgeon, Belgian

Jan Palfyn

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

Daniel Finch

1647 - 1730
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

Peter King

1669 - 1734
1640-1705, Holy Roman Emperor from 1658-1705

Leopold I

1640 - 1705
1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Thomas Coram

1668 - 1751
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
c. 1668-1728, scientific instrument maker; mechanic, English

John Rowley

1668 - 1728
1666-current, scientific society, academic institution, French

Academie Des Sciences

1666
1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Thomas Newcomen

1663 - 1729
1666-current (2012), coin dealer; engraver; die-sinker; jeweller; London, England

Spink and Son Limited

1666