Robert Hooke

Historian of science

Italian Renaissance polymath

Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester

English doctor

English natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

British physicist and mathematician and founder of modern classical physics

English mathematican, astrologer and antiquary

German writer

Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death

English teacher, supporter of learned societies, and biographer

English writer and antiquarian

Monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Dutch painter

English priest

Bishop of St Asaph<br/>Bishop of Bath and Wells

English architect

British mathematician

Archbishop of Canterbury

Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy and philosopher

English inventor

Scottish physicist and mathematician

French physicist, mathematician and inventor

German theologian

British zoologist

British clockmaker

Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher

Italian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer

Scottish philosopher and mathematician

English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist

French mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, and intellectual

16th century Italian theologian and astronomer

English clergyman and natural philosopher

British botanist and naturalist

British lawyer and geologist

English astronomer; Astronomer Royal

German zoologist

English naval administrator and member of parliament

German book collector

British-American anthropologist

British historian