17th-century alchemists

Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, achieved the first great unification in physics and established classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for formulating infinitesimal calculus, although he developed calculus years before Leibniz. Newton contributed to and refined the scientific method, and his work is considered the most influential in bringing forth modern science.

Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

German Christian mystic and theologian (1575-1624)

chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Low Countries

German-Dutch alchemist (1604-1670)

Sinaloense de corazón alch

English antiquarian, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and alchemist (1617-1692)

Polish alchemist, philosopher, and medical doctor

German merchant

16th century German doctor and chemist

Carnolian scientist

English ornithologist and ichthyologist

chemist in the 17th century

German physician, alchemist and composer (1568–1622)

German pietist theologian, alchemist and physician

German scientist

French writer

Russian nobleman, field marshal and astronomer of Scottish descent (1669–1735)

English courtier and diplomat (1603–1665)

English scientist

French scholar (1620-1671)

English aristocrat (1564-1632)

Welsh philosopher

German alchemist

Dutch alchemist

Dutch alchemist (1630-1709)

alchemist and composer

German naturalist and physician (1623-1688)

English courtier and poet

Early Colonial American alchemist

Italian alchemist, prophet and doctor

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen (1559-1618)

Polish alchemist

English physician and alchemist (1579-1651)

Flemish alchemist and writer

French doctor and alchemist.

Baltic German military personnel (1662-1707)

French alchemist

English priest and astrologer

German engraver (1581-1662 or 1663)

French alchemist

Bohemian writer

Irish writer

German alchemist

German alchemist

politician

Italian writer

Hungarian goldsmith

French chemist