List of Female Scientists Before The 21st Century - 15th To 17th Centuries

15th To 17th Centuries

  • Anna Åkerhjelm (1647–1693), Swedish traveller and amateur archeologist.
  • Aphra Behn (1640–1689), British astronomer
  • Celia Grillo Borromeo (1684–1777), Italian natural philosopher
  • Sophia Brahe (1556–1643), Danish astronomer and chemist
  • Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), natural philosopher
  • Isabella Cortese, (fl. 1561), Italian alchemist
  • Marie Crous (fl. 1640), French mathematician
  • Maria Cunitz (1610–1664), Silesian astronomer
  • Jeanne Dumée (fl. 1680), French astronomer
  • Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine (1618–1680), German natural philosopher
  • Beatriz Galindo (1465–1534), Spanish physician
  • Elisabetha Koopman Hevelius (1647–1693), astronomer, wife of Johannes Hevelius
  • Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), naturalist
  • Tarquinia Molza (1542–1617), Italian natural philosopher
  • Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646–1684), Italian mathematician and the first female PhD
  • Jane Sharp (fl. 1671), British midwife
  • Elinor Sneshell (fl. 1593), surgeon

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