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Thales [624 to (548-545) BC] Greek philosopher and mathematician.
Anaxagoras [500 - 428 BC], Greek philosopher of nature. Plato (428/427-348/347 BC), Greek philosopher, mathematician. Hippocrates [460 - 377 BC], Greek physician of antiquity who is traditionally regarded as the father of medicine.
Hipparchus [190 - 120 BC] Greek astronomer and mathematician. Ptolemy [AD 127-145], ancient astronomer, geographer and mathematician. Plotinus [AD 205, -270], ancient philosopher Porphyry [AD 234 - 305], Greek philosopher Proclus [AD 410 - 485] Greek philosopher. Johann Müller (Regiomontanus) [June 6, 1436 - July 6, 1476] German astronomer and mathematician. Nicolai Copernicus [February 19, 1473 - May 24, 1543] Polish astronomer. Paracelsus (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim) [Nov. 11 or Dec. 17, 1493 - Sept. 24, 1541] German-Swiss physician and alchemist. Michael Nostradamus also called Michel De Notredame, or Nostredame [Dec. 14, 1503 - July 2, 1566], French astrologer and physician.
Lord John Napier [1550 - April 4, 1617] Scottish mathematician and theological writer. Francis Bacon [Jan. 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626] lawyer, statesman, philosopher. John Dee {July 13, 1527 - December 1608] English alchemist, astrologer, and mathematician.
Galileo Galilei [February 15, 1564 - January 8, 1642] Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. John Flamsteed: [Aug. 19, 1646 - Dec. 31, 1719] first astronomer royal of England.
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