| Date | Person | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kircher, Athanasius | Studied philosophy in Münster, Cologne | |
| Kircher, Athanasius | Teacher of mathematics, ethics in Würzburg | |
| Kircher, Athanasius | Occupied himself with hieroglyphs, magnetism, sun dials, Arabic, Latin, egyptology, archaeology, cryptology, combinatorics, optics, music, cosmology, medicine | |
| 1641 – 1644 | Solski, Stanisław | Studied philosophy in Kalisz |
| 1641 – 1644 | Solski, Stanisław | Studied mathematics, mechanics in Kalisz |
| 1650 – 1651 | Solski, Stanisław | Teacher of mathematics in Poznań |
| 1654 – 1661 | Solski, Stanisław | Travelling scholar of mathematics, hieroglyphs in Istanbul |