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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 15

Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 12

Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677 (mathematician, classicist, and divine) 3

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 (natural philosopher and chemist) 3

Brown, James, fl1785 (Glasgow distiller) 3

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Collins, John, 1625-1683 (mathematician) 3

Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician) 3

Duillier, Fatio de, 1664-1753 (Swiss mathematician) 3

Flamsteed, John (first Astronomer Royal) 3

Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) 3

Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 3

Halley, Sir Edmund, 1656-1742 (astronomer) 3

Hudde, Jan, 1628-1704 (Dutch mathematician) 3

Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 (Dutch mathematician) 3

Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 (German mathematician and astronomer) 3

Mercator, Nicholas, ?1620-1687 (called Kauffmann) 3

Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (mathematician and astronomer) 3

Pitcairne, Archibald, 1652-1713 (Scottish physician, amateur mathematician and poet) 3

Ptolemy, Claudius, c85 -165 (Egyptian astronomer) 3

Schooten, Frans van, 1615-1660 (Dutch mathematician) 3

Serenus, d c360 (Greek mathematician) 3

Sluse, 1622-1685 (Belgian mathematician) 3

Snell, Willebrord, 1591-1626 (called Snellius) 3

Torricelli, Evangelista, 1608-1647 (Italian mathematician) 3

Wallis, John, 1616-1703 (professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 3

Diophantus of Alexandria, c200-c284 (Greek mathematician) 2

Euclid of Alexandria, 325-265 BC (Egyptian mathematician) 2

Fenton, James, fl1689 (Scottish mathematician) 2

Hooke, Robert, (1635-1703) (Experimental physicist and professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 2

Leibniz, Gottfried Willhelm, 1646-1716 (German mathematician and philosopher) 2

Pythagoras of Samos, c569 BC-c475 BC (Greek mathematician) 2

Tchirnhausen, Ehrenfried Walther Von, 1631 ? 1708 (German mathematician) 2

Allman, George James, 1812-1898 (botanist and zoologist) 1

Anderson, Robert, fl1668-1696 (mathematician and silk-weaver) 1

Apollonius of Perga, 262-190 BC (Greek mathematician) 1

Archimedes, of Syracuse, 287-212 BC (Sicillian mathematician) 1

Baker, Thomas, 1625?-1689 (ecclesiastic and amateur mathematician) 1

Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh) 1

Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706 (French Philosopher) 1

Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742 (clergyman, scholar and critic) 1

Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696 (professor of astronomy, University of Oxford) 1

Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748 (Swiss mathematician) 1

Busby, Richard, 1606-1695 (headmaster of Westminster School, London) 1

Cassini, Jean Dominique, 1625-1712 (Italian astronomer) 1

Cheyne, George, 1671-1743 (Scottish physician and amateur mathematician) 1

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 (Polish astronomer) 1

Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904) 1

Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 1

Gray, fl1692 (London book collector) 1

Hôpital, Guillaume De l', 1661-1704 (French mathematician) 1

Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 1

Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) 1

Josephus, Flavius, 37-100? (Jewish historian in the house of Vespasian) 1

Keill, John, 1671-1721 (mathematician and astronomer) 1

Lloyd, William, d1717 (Bishop of Worcester) 1

Lucretius, Titus Carus, c98-55 BC (Latin poet and philosopher) 1

Mackenzie, George, 1630-1714 (Viscount Tarbat | 1st Earl of Cromarty) 1

Mackworth, Sir Humphry, 1657-1727 (politician and mining capitalist) 1

Mary of Modena, 1658-1718 (Queen of James II of England) 1

Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) 1

Playfair, Sir Lyon, 1818-1898 (1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews) 1

Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 1

Sang, Edward, 1805-1890 (mathematician, engineer and actuary) 1

Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson (1962-1992) 1

Town Council, Edinburgh 1

Volder, Burchard De, 1643-1709 (Dutch mathematician) 1

Voss, 1618-1689 (Dutch mathematician) 1

Wernerian Natural History Society (1808-1858) 1

Whiston, William, 1667-1752 (divine and natural philosopher) 1

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