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1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
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 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1674-1702, active from 1695, mathematical, philosophical & nautical instrument maker, English

Thomas Tuttell

1674 - 1702
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
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Francis Hauksbee

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

Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741

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
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Jean Godinot

1661 - 1749
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
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

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

Peter King

1669 - 1734
1671-1734, cattleman; outlaw, Scottish

Robert Roy MacGregor

1671 - 1734
1673-1754, physician, English

Richard Mead

1673 - 1754
1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Thomas Coram

1668 - 1751
1674-1755, Jesuit priest; physician?, French

Henri Francois Xavier Belsunce

1674 - 1755
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
1660-current (2014), scientific learned society, English; British

The Royal Society

1660
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Jacob Leupold

1674 - 1727
1654-1730, physician; military surgeon; French

Augustin Belloste

1654 - 1730
1660-1741, chemist, German

Ambrose Godfrey

1660
1661-1739, medallist, German

Christian Wermuth

1661 - 1739
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Georg Wilhelm Vestner

1677 - 1740
1658-1736, surgeon, French

Georges Mareschal

1658 - 1736