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William Oughtred
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Eton
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The world in their lifetime
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Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with William Oughtred’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Scientists
- Simon Stevin· 1548 CE–1620 CE
- John Napier· 1550 CE–1617 CE
- Henry Briggs· 1561 CE–1630 CE
- Francis Bacon· 1561 CE–1626 CE
- Xu Guangqi· 1562 CE–1633 CE
- Galileo Galilei· 1564 CE–1642 CE
- Johannes Kepler· 1571 CE–1630 CE
- William Harvey· 1578 CE–1657 CE
- Willebrord Snell· 1580 CE–1626 CE
- Marin Mersenne· 1588 CE–1648 CE
- Pierre Gassendi· 1592 CE–1655 CE
- René Descartes· 1596 CE–1650 CE
- Bonaventura Cavalieri· 1598 CE–1647 CE
- Otto von Guericke· 1602 CE–1686 CE
- Pierre de Fermat· 1607 CE–1665 CE
- Evangelista Torricelli· 1608 CE–1647 CE
- Giovanni Alfonso Borelli· 1608 CE–1679 CE
- Thomas Sydenham· 1624 CE–1689 CE
- Robert Boyle· 1627 CE–1691 CE
- Marcello Malpighi· 1628 CE–1694 CE
- Isaac Barrow· 1630 CE–1677 CE
- Jan Swammerdam· 1637 CE–1680 CE
- James Gregory· 1638 CE–1675 CE
- Regnier de Graaf· 1641 CE–1673 CE
Jewish world
Christian world
Luminaries & Explorers world
Islamic world
Buddhist world
Hindu world
Rulers world
- Mustafa I· 1591 CE–1639 CE
- Michael I· 1596 CE–1645 CE
- Massasoit (Ousamequin)· 1581 CE–1661 CE
- Gustavus Adolphus· 1594 CE–1632 CE
- Osman II· 1604 CE–1622 CE
- Njinga Mbande· 1583 CE–1663 CE
- Murad IV· 1612 CE–1640 CE
- Tokugawa Iemitsu· 1604 CE–1651 CE
- Chongzhen Emperor· 1611 CE–1644 CE
- Shah Jahan· 1592 CE–1666 CE
- Ahmed I· 1590 CE–1617 CE
- Shah Abbas I the Great· 1571 CE–1629 CE
- Jahangir· 1569 CE–1627 CE
- Wanli Emperor· 1563 CE–1620 CE
Works
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