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

George Graham

1673 - 1751
1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Johann Zahn

1641 - 1707
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
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
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
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Francis Hauksbee

1660 - 1713
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724
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
1646-1723, history and portrait painter; German

Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723

Sheerness Dockyard

1665 - 1957
1674-1731, 4th Earl of Orrery, nobleman; statesman; patron of the sciences, Irish

Charles Boyle

1674 - 1731
1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

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

Augustin Belloste

1654 - 1730
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Jacob Leupold

1674 - 1727

Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761
bap. 1678, d. 1740, publisher; map maker; globe maker, English

John Senex

1678 - 1740
1661-1739, medallist, German

Christian Wermuth

1661 - 1739
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

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

John Flamsteed

1646 - 1719
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Georg Wilhelm Vestner

1677 - 1740

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
1678-1752 or 1753, artist; portrait painter, Swedish, active 1700 - London

Hans Hysing

1678 - 1752
1661-1737, physician, French

Philippe Hecquet

1661 - 1737
1677-1761, natural philosopher, English

Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Franz Antoni Knittl

1671 - 1744
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr

1677 - 1750