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1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
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
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
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
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
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
1682-1771, physician; anatomist, Italian

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Francis Hauksbee

1660 - 1713
1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1652-1733, active 1700-1733, mathematical instrument and sundial maker, Paris, France, French

Nicolas Bion

1652 - 1733

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

Stephen Hales

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

John Senex

1678 - 1740
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749

Gottfried Rothe

1679 - 1710
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1686-1743, astronomer, Indian

Jai Singh

1686 - 1743
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Jean Godinot

1661 - 1749
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
1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Jacques Mesnard

1685 - 1746
1682-1766, scientist; anatomist, Italian

Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari

1682 - 1766
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
1683 -1741, pharmacist, German

Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

1683 - 1741

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
1660-1694, patron, duke, Italian

Francesco II d'Este

1660 - 1694
1662-1744, German

Johann George Volckamer

1662 - 1744
1663-1733, naval commander (admiral), British

George Byng

1663 - 1733
1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760
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
1684-1756, engraver; antiquary, British

George Vertue

1684 - 1756
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

Peter King

1669 - 1734