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Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (mathematician and astronomer) 28

Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 (Dutch mathematician) 17

Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician) 14

Tchirnhausen, Ehrenfried Walther Von, 1631 ? 1708 (German mathematician) 14

Wallis, John, 1616-1703 (professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 13

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Sluse, 1622-1685 (Belgian mathematician) 12

Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677 (mathematician, classicist, and divine) 11

Duillier, Fatio de, 1664-1753 (Swiss mathematician) 11

Halley, Sir Edmund, 1656-1742 (astronomer) 10

Pitcairne, Archibald, 1652-1713 (Scottish physician, amateur mathematician and poet) 10

Euclid of Alexandria, 325-265 BC (Egyptian mathematician) 9

Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 9

Hudde, Jan, 1628-1704 (Dutch mathematician) 9

Schooten, Frans van, 1615-1660 (Dutch mathematician) 9

Apollonius of Perga, 262-190 BC (Greek mathematician) 7

University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 7

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 (natural philosopher and chemist) 6

Craig, John, d. 1731 (Mathematician and prebendary of Salisbury) 6

Flamsteed, John (first Astronomer Royal) 5

Torricelli, Evangelista, 1608-1647 (Italian mathematician) 5

Barrow, George, 1853-1932 (geologist) 4

Cassini, Jean Dominique, 1625-1712 (Italian astronomer) 4

Collins, John, 1625-1683 (mathematician) 4

Diophantus of Alexandria, c200-c284 (Greek mathematician) 4

Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 (German mathematician and astronomer) 4

Mercator, Nicholas, ?1620-1687 (called Kauffmann) 4

Ptolemy, Claudius, c85 -165 (Egyptian astronomer) 4

Serenus, d c360 (Greek mathematician) 4

Snell, Willebrord, 1591-1626 (called Snellius) 4

Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696 (professor of astronomy, University of Oxford) 3

Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748 (Swiss mathematician) 3

Hooke, Robert, (1635-1703) (Experimental physicist and professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 3

Keill, John, 1671-1721 (mathematician and astronomer) 3

Leibniz, Gottfried Willhelm, 1646-1716 (German mathematician and philosopher) 3

Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 3

University of Oxford (c1096-:) 3

Volder, Burchard De, 1643-1709 (Dutch mathematician) 3

Whiston, William, 1667-1752 (divine and natural philosopher) 3

unknown 3

Anderson, Robert, fl1668-1696 (mathematician and silk-weaver) 2

Archimedes, of Syracuse, 287-212 BC (Sicillian mathematician) 2

Baker, Thomas, 1625?-1689 (ecclesiastic and amateur mathematician) 2

Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742 (clergyman, scholar and critic) 2

Boyle Lectures (1692-1732) 2

Busby, Richard, 1606-1695 (headmaster of Westminster School, London) 2

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 (Polish astronomer) 2

De Witt, Jan, 1625-1672 (Dutch statesman and mathematician) 2

Deschales, Claude, 1621-1678 (French Jesuit and mathematician) 2

Fenton, James, fl1689 (Scottish mathematician) 2

Fermat, Pierre de, 17 August 1601-12 January 1665 (mathematician) 2

Frenicle de Bessy, Bernard, 1605-1675 (French mathematician and court official) 2

Gray, fl1692 (London book collector) 2

Hôpital, Guillaume De l', 1661-1704 (French mathematician) 2

Ibn al-Haytham, Alhazen, 965-1039 (Arab mathematician and physicist) 2

Josephus, Flavius, 37-100? (Jewish historian in the house of Vespasian) 2

LHopital, Guillaume, 1661-1704 (French mathematician) 2

Lloyd, William, d1717 (Bishop of Worcester) 2

Mackenzie, George, 1630-1714 (Viscount Tarbat | 1st Earl of Cromarty) 2

Mackworth, Sir Humphry, 1657-1727 (politician and mining capitalist) 2

Mercator, Gerardus, 1512-1594 (mathematician and cartographer) 2

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

Renaldini, Carlo, 1615-1679 (mathematician) 2

Viviani, Vincenzo, 1622-1703 (Florentine mathematician) 2

Voss, 1618-1689 (Dutch mathematician) 2

Young, John, fl1683 (Mathematics chair in Edinburgh University) 2

Aldrich, Henry, fl1995 (Dean of Christ Church, Oxford) 1

Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735 (Scottish physician and satirist) 1

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

Bernoulli, James, 1654-1705 (Swiss mathematician) 1

Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 (Scottish expatriate, historian and scholar, anti-absolutist and satyrist of clerical vice) 1

Campbell, Colin, 1644-1726 (theologian and minister of Ardchattan, Argyllshire; correspondent with Newton) 1

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

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

Collins, John, 1625-1683, mathematician 1

Craig (or Craige), John, d. 1731 (Mathematician and prebendary of Salisbury) 1

Demosthenes, 383-322 BC (Greek orator) 1

Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1003-1066 1

Falconer, John, fl1690 (science graduate from the University of Edinburgh, student of David Gregory) 1

Galleys, Abbe, fl1707 (French mathematician) 1

George, Prince of Denmark, 1653-1708 (Prince of Denmark) 1

Girard, Albert, 1595-1632 (musician and mathematician) 1

Gregory, Georgina, 1811-1877 1

Gregory, James, 1666-1742 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, brother of David Gregory) 1

Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus, 1611-1671 (German-Dutch classical scholar and critic) 1

Harvey, William, 1578-1657 (physician) 1

Keith, George, 1639?-1716 (religious activist and amateur mathematician) 1

La Hire, Philippe de, 18 March 1640-21 April 1718 (astronomer and mathematician) 1

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

Malcolm III, 1031-1093 (King of Scotland) 1

Mary II, 1662-1694 (Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland) 1

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

Oliphant, Charles, fl1694 (Scottish physician) 1

Oliphant, Laurence, fl1690 (science graduate from the University of Edinburgh, student of David Gregory) 1

Rule, Gilbert, c1629-1701 (Principal, University of Edinburgh) 1

Scarborough, Sir Charles, 1616-1694 (physician and amateur mathematician) 1

Sinclair, Charles, fl1688 (science graduate from the University of Edinburgh, student of David Gregory) 1

Southwell, Robert, fl1692 (President of the Royal Society) 1

Sykes, Arthur Ashley, 1684?-1756 (latitudinarian divine) 1

University of Glasgow (Scottish University)) 1

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