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Nathan Paget
British physician
Christopher Wren
English architect
Isaac Newton
British physicist and mathematician and founder of modern classical physics
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher
Emery Molyneux
English maker of globes, mathematical instruments and ordnance
Jan van Kessel the Elder
Flemish painter
Francis Willughby
English ornithologist and ichthyologist
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch tradesman and scientist
John Ray
British botanist and naturalist
Frederik Ruysch
Dutch botanist and anatomist
Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora
Mexican academic
Otto von Guericke
German scientist, inventor, and politician
Robert Boyle
English natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
Nicolas Steno
Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop
John Wallis
English mathematician
John Webster
English cleric, physician and chemist with occult interests
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Eustachio Divini
Italian scientist
Frederik de Wit
Dutch map maker
Regnier de Graaf
Dutch physician
Nicolaes Witsen
Mayor of Amsterdam
John Wilkins
Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester
Vincent Wing
English astronomer
Ferdinand Verbiest
Belgian Jesuit missionary
Nicolas Lemery
French chemist
Martino Martini
Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian
James Gregory
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
Athanasius Kircher
Jesuit scholar
Marcello Malpighi
Italian physician
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer
Thomas Willis
English doctor
Matsudaira Terutsuna
Wenceslaus Hollar
Czech cartographer, natural painter, portrait painter and engraver
Eusebio Kino
Italian Jesuit missionary
Samuel Hartlib
German-British polymath
Nicholas Culpeper
English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer
Joris van Son
Flemish still life painter
John Scott
English settler on Long Island, military, cartographer, adventurer and spy