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English scientific instrument makers

  • Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, the 25th of December 1642 at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire. His father had died three months before the birth.
  • Robert HookeRobert Hooke was born on the 18th of July 1635 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight. His father John Hooke served as a curate at All Saints' Church and his mother…
  • Christopher WrenChristopher Wren was born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, on the 18th of November 1632. He was the only surviving son of Christopher Wren the Elder and Mary Cox.
  • Edmond HalleyEdmond Halley was born in Haggerston, Middlesex, during the year 1656. His father Edmond Halley Sr. worked as a wealthy soap-maker in London and came from a…
  • Thomas HarriotThomas Harriot was born in 1560 within the city of Oxford. He entered St Mary Hall, a college at Oxford University, and his name appeared in the hall's…