Stephen Hales
1677 CE–1761 CE · Bekesbourne
Stephen Hales was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure. He also invented several devices, including a ventilator, a pneumatic trough and a surgical forceps for the removal of bladder stones. In addition to these achievements, he was a philanthropist and wrote a popular tract on alcoholic intemperance.
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- Georg Ernst Stahl· 1659 CE–1734 CE
- Stephen Gray· 1666 CE–1736 CE
- Abraham de Moivre· 1667 CE–1754 CE
- Johann Bernoulli· 1667 CE–1748 CE
- Herman Boerhaave· 1668 CE–1738 CE
- René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur· 1683 CE–1757 CE
- Brook Taylor· 1685 CE–1731 CE
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit· 1686 CE–1736 CE
- Christian Goldbach· 1690 CE–1764 CE
- Pieter van Musschenbroek· 1692 CE–1761 CE
- James Bradley· 1693 CE–1762 CE
- John Harrison· 1693 CE–1776 CE
- Colin Maclaurin· 1698 CE–1746 CE
- Pierre Louis Maupertuis· 1698 CE–1759 CE
- Daniel Bernoulli· 1700 CE–1782 CE
- Émilie du Châtelet· 1706 CE–1749 CE
- Benjamin Franklin· 1706 CE–1790 CE
- Carl Linnaeus· 1707 CE–1778 CE
- Leonhard Euler· 1707 CE–1783 CE
- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon· 1707 CE–1788 CE
- Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille· 1713 CE–1762 CE
- Alexis Clairaut· 1713 CE–1765 CE
- Tobias Mayer· 1723 CE–1762 CE
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- Baji Rao I· 1700 CE–1740 CE
- Tokugawa Yoshimune· 1684 CE–1751 CE
- Nader Shah· 1688 CE–1747 CE
- Anna (Anna Ioannovna)· 1693 CE–1740 CE
- Peter II· 1715 CE–1730 CE
- Mahmud I· 1696 CE–1754 CE
- Osman III· 1699 CE–1757 CE
- Yongzheng Emperor· 1678 CE–1735 CE
- Catherine I· 1684 CE–1727 CE
- Ahmed III· 1673 CE–1736 CE
- Yeongjo of Joseon· 1694 CE–1776 CE
- Elizabeth (Elizabeth Petrovna)· 1709 CE–1762 CE
- Peter the Great· 1672 CE–1725 CE
- Pontiac (Obwandiyag)· 1714 CE–1769 CE
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