| Date | Person | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1784 – 1800 | Gruber, Gabriel | Teacher of architecture, agronomy in Polotsk |
| Hermanni, Jan | Occupied himself with sun dials | |
| Kircher, Athanasius | Occupied himself with hieroglyphs, magnetism, sun dials, Arabic, Latin, egyptology, archaeology, cryptology, combinatorics, optics, music, cosmology, medicine | |
| Lippay, János | Occupied himself with botany, horticulture, agronomy | |
| de Vitry, Édouard | Occupied himself with astronomy, archaeology, numismatics |