| Date | Person | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kircher, Athanasius | Occupied himself with hieroglyphs, magnetism, sun dials, Arabic, Latin, egyptology, archaeology, cryptology, combinatorics, optics, music, cosmology, medicine | |
| de Vitry, Édouard | Occupied himself with astronomy, archaeology, numismatics | |
| de Vitry, Édouard | Teacher of philosophy, theology, mathematics, astronomy in Caen, Cambrai |