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Natural philosophers
- Immanuel KantImmanuel Kant was born on the 22nd of April 1724 in Königsberg, Prussia. His father Johann Georg worked as a harness maker from Memel while his mother Anna…
- AristotleAristotle was born in 384 BC in the city of Stagira, located about 55 kilometers east of modern-day Thessaloniki. His father Nicomachus served as the…
- Galileo GalileiIn the year 1564, a boy named Galileo was born in Pisa to Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His father worked as a lutenist and music theorist who…
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on the 28th of August 1749 in a large house on Großer Hirschgraben in Frankfurt. His father, Johann Caspar Goethe, had…
- René DescartesRené Descartes entered the world on the 31st of March 1596 in La Haye en Touraine, France. His mother Jeanne Brochard died just days after his birth while…
- 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.
- Johannes KeplerJohannes Kepler was born on the 27th of December 1571 in the Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt. His birth came prematurely, and he claimed to have been…
- Francis BaconFrancis Bacon was born on the 22nd of January 1561 at York House near Strand in London. He entered Trinity College at the University of Cambridge on the 5th…
- 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…
- LucretiusThe 15th of October in the year 55 BC marks the death of Titus Lucretius Carus, yet his birth remains a shadow. A note by Jerome places his life under the…
- John AubreyJohn Aubrey was born on the 12th of March 1626 at Easton Piers, a manor house near Kington St Michael in Wiltshire. He grew up as an only child within a…