17th Century
- Patrick Abercromby (1656–c.1716) Scottish antiquarian, noted for being physician to King James VII (II of England)
- John Arbuthnot (1667–1735) one of Queen Anne’s physicians and an associate of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope in the Scriblerus Club
- Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682) British writer with mastery in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric
- Samuel Garth (1661–1719) British author and translator of classics
- Paul Fleming (1609–1640) as a lyricist he stood in the front rank of German poets
- Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733) Dutch philosopher, political economist and satirist who lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works; became famous (or infamous) for The Fable of the Bees
- Francesco Redi (1626–97) Italian poet, best known work being Bacchus in Tuscany
- Angelus Silesius, né Johannes Scheffler (1624–77) German mystic and poet who wrote the lyrics to many Christian hymns
- Henry Vaughan (1622−1695) Welsh metaphysical poet
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