English scientific instrument makers

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.

English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)

English architect (1632–1723)

English scientist (1919–2022)

British clockworker

British scientist (*~1560 – †1621)

English mathematician and Anglican minister (1574–1660)

English explorer and navigator (1550–1605)

English mathematician

English optician, known for his achromatic doublets

British mathematician

astronomer (1711-1786)

English mathematician and astronomer; (1682-1744)

British clockmaker, inventor, and geophysicist (1673-1751)

British meteorologist

English astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker

British optical designer

British mathematician

British horologist (1715–1794)

English inventor (1829–1909)

English watchmaker and inventor

English optician and scientific instrument maker (1726–1806)

English scientist, optician, microscopist and scientific writer (1750–1795)

17th century astronomer

British watchmaker (1649–1724)

English mariner, compass builder, and hydrographer

British mathematical instrument maker and science writer (c. 1709–1772)

English lexicographer and scientific instrument maker