Andrew Pyle (editor), Dictionary of Seventeenth Century British Philosophers (2000), article on Petyt, pp. 656-7
About 75 missing.
A edit
- Isaac Abendana - David Abercromby - Joseph Addison -
- Christopher Airay DNB
- Henry Aldrich - Thomas Allen (mathematician) - Richard Allestree - Peter Allix - William Ames - Lancelot Andrewes - John Arbuthnot - John Asgill - Elias Ashmole - Mary Astell - Francis Atterbury - William Atwood+ - John Aubrey
- Isaac Abendana – Joseph Abendana
- Thomas Allen (mathematician) – Albrecht Laski
- Mary Astell – Poulain de la Barre
B edit
- Francis Bacon - Nathaniel Bacon (politician) - Edward Bagshaw (theologian) - Robert Baillie - John Bainbridge (astronomer) - Robert Balfour (philosopher) -
- Richard Barcklay not DNB
- Robert Barclay - Thomas Barclay (scholar) - William Barclay (jurist) - Thomas Barlow (bishop) - Robert Baron
- William Barret DNB
- John Shute, 1st Viscount Barrington - Isaac Barrow - Ralph Bathurst - Richard Baxter - Lewis Bayly - William Bellenden - Richard Bentley -
- Paul Best DNB
- Slingsby Bethel - John Biddle (Unitarian) - Hugh Binning - Adam Blackwood
- Henry Blackwood (physician) DNB
- Charles Blount (deist) - Thomas Blundeville
- Arnold Boate DNB
- Edmund Bohun - Samuel Bold - Robert Boyle - William Bradshaw (Puritan) - Robert Brady (writer) - John Bramhall - Edward Brerewood - Henry Briggs (mathematician) - William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker - Peter Browne (theologian) - Thomas Browne - John Bunyan - Alexander Burnet - Gilbert Burnet - Thomas Burnet
- Thomas Burnett of Kemnay not DNB
- Ezekiel Burridge not DNB
- Richard Burthogge - Robert Burton (scholar) - Samuel Butler (poet)
- Robert Balfour – François de Foix de Candale
C edit
- John Cameron (theologian)
- Henry Care DNB
- Gershom Carmichael
- Nathanael Carpenter
- Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland
- Méric Casaubon
- John Case (Aristotelian writer)
- Charles Cavendish of Welbeck
- Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
- William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Walter Charleton
- Francis Cheynell
- William Chillingworth
- Edmund Chishull
- Samuel Clarke
- Gilbert Clerke
- Martin Clifford (writer) DNB
- Catharine Trotter Cockburn
- Edward Coke
- Roger Coke ?
- Thomas Cole (minister) DNB 1627?-1691
- Jeremy Collier
- Anthony Collins
- John Collins (mathematician)
- John Comenius
- Thomas Compton (Jesuit) DNB
- Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway
- Abiezer Coppe
- Pierre Coste DNB
- Roger Cotes
- William Coward DNB
- John Cowell (jurist)
- John Craig (physician)
- Thomas Craig (poet)
- Richard Crakanthorpe DNB
- Thomas Creech
- Tobias Crisp
- Ralph Cudworth
- Nathaniel Culverwell
- Richard Cumberland (philosopher)
D edit
- George Dalgarno
- James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair
- William Davenant
- John Davies (1569-1626) DNB
- George Dawson (legal writer) DNB d:Q18559739
- Marco Antonio de Dominis
- John Dee
- Daniel Defoe
- William Dell
- Thomas Dempster
- Arthur Dent (Puritan)
- William Denton (physician) DNB d:Q18577161
- Kenelm Digby
- Henry Dodwell the elder
- Walter Donaldson (scholar) DNB d:Q18577134
- John Dryden
- Daniel Duncan (Huguenot) DNB
- Mark Duncan (physician) DNB d:Q6767430
- John Dury
E edit
F edit
- Nathaniel Fairfax DNB
- Daniel Featley
- Robert Ferguson (minister)
- James Fergusson (theologian) not DNB
- Richard Field (theologian)
- Robert Filmer
- Samuel Fisher (Quaker) DNB
- John Flamsteed
- John Flavel (1596-1617) DNB
- John Flavel (1630-1691)
- Andrew Fletcher (politician)
- John Floyd (Jesuit)
- Robert Fludd
- Edward Forsett
- Martin Fotherby
- Edward Fowler
- George Fox
- Alexander Fraser (scholar) not DNB
G edit
- Theophilus Gale
- Francis Gastrell
- Edward Gee DNB
- Henry Gellibrand
- William Gilbert (astronomer)
- Charles Gildon
- Joseph Glanvill
- Francis Glisson
- Jonathan Goddard
- Thomas Good DNB, Master of Balliol
- John Goodwin (preacher)
- Thomas Gowan
- John Graunt
- Robert Greene (natural philosopher) DNB
- David Gregory (mathematician)
- James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)
- Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke
- Nehemiah Grew
H edit
- Theodore Haak
- George Hakewill
- Matthew Hale (jurist)
- John Hales
- Joseph Hall (bishop)
- Edmond Halley
- Henry Hallywell not DNB
- Henry Hammond
- James Harrington (author)
- Thomas Harriot
- John Harris (1666-1719) DNB
- John Hartcliffe DNB
- Samuel Hartlib
- William Harvey
- Francis Hauksbee the elder
- John Hayward
- Henry Hedworth
- Alexander Henderson (theologian)
- Edward Herbert, 1st Lord Herbert of Cherbury
- Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
- Peter Heylin
- George Hickes
- Nicholas Hill (writer)
- Thomas Hobbes
- Henry Holden
- Richard Holdsworth
- Robert Hooke
- Richard Hooker
- John Howe (Puritan)
- John Humfrey
- Thomas Hunt (writer) DNB, lawyer
- Philip Hunton
- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
J edit
K edit
- Joseph Keble
- James Keill DNB
- John Keill
- Matthew Kellison DNB
- John Kettlewell DNB
- Charles Kidman not DNB
- Peter King, 1st Baron King
- William King (archbishop)
- Edward Knott DNB Jesuit, real name Matthew Wilson or Matthias Wilson
L edit
- Gerald Langbaine the elder DNB, Gerard Langbaine the elder
- William Laud
- William Law
- George Lawson (philosopher) DNB
- Henry Layton DNB
- Jane Lead
- Henry Lee (theologian) DNB
- Antoine Le Grand DNB
- Robert Leighton (prelate)
- Charles Leslie
- Roger L'Estrange
- Edward Lhuyd
- Duncan Liddel DNB
- John Lightfoot
- John Lilburne
- William Lilly
- Franciscus Linus
- Martin Lister
- Morgan Llwyd
- John Locke
- Francis Lodwick
- Thomas Long (writer)
- James Lowde not DNB
- Richard Lower (physician)
- Anthony Lucas (Jesuit) DNB
- William Lucy
M edit
- M. J. not DNB
- George MacKenzie[link currently leads to a wrong person] DNB 1656-1691
- Bernard Mandeville
- Timothy Manlove DNB
- Narcissus Marsh
- Stephen Marshall
- Andrew Marvell
- Damaris Masham
- Roger Maynwaring
- Joseph Mede
- Richard Mead
- Andrew Melville (1545-1622)
- John Milner (1628-1702) DNB
- John Milton
- Robert Molesworth
- William Molyneux
- Jonas Moore
- Robert Moray
- Henry More
- Thomas Morton (bishop)
- Walter Moyle DNB
- Lodowicke Muggleton
N edit
O edit
P edit
- Henry Parker (writer)
- Samuel Parker
- Robert Parsons (Jesuit)
- Simon Patrick
- Peter Paxton DNB
- Robert Payne (natural philosopher)
- William Payne[link currently leads to a wrong person] DNB
- John Pell
- Isaac Penington (Quaker)
- William Penn
- Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
- William Perkins (Puritan)
- Peter Pett[link currently leads to a wrong person] DNB
- William Petty
- William Petyt
- Fabian Philipps DNB
- Robert Pincke DNB, Robert Pinck
- Archibald Pitcairne
- Edward Pococke
- John Pordage
- Griffith Powel DNB, Griffith Powell
- Vavasor Powell
- Henry Power
- Thomas Preston (monk)
- Humphrey Prideaux
- John Prideaux
- Jonas Proast
- William Prynne
R edit
S edit
- John Saltmarsh (clergyman)
- Robert Sanderson
- Edwin Sandys (American colonist)
- Hadrian à Saravia
- Richard Sault DNB
- George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
- Daniel Scargill not DNB
- Henry Scougal
- John Selden
- John Sergeant (priest)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
- Robert Sharrock
- Robert Sheringham
- William Sherlock
- Robert Sibbald
- Richard Sibbes
- Robert Sibthorp DNB
- Algernon Sidney
- George Sinclair (professor) DNB
- John Smith (Platonist)
- Samuel Smith (logician) DNB
- John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
- Robert South
- Robert Southwell (diplomat)
- John Sparrow[link currently leads to a wrong person] DNB
- Henry Spelman
- Thomas Sprat
- Thomas Stanley (author)
- George Starkey (alchemist)
- Richard Steele
- Nathaniel Stephens (clergyman) DNB
- William Stephens[link currently leads to a wrong person] DNB
- Peter Sterry
- Adam Steuart
- Edward Stillingfleet
- Henry Stubbe
- John Suckling (poet)
- Jonathan Swift
- Thomas Sydenham
- Edward Synge the elder DNB, archbishop of Tuam
T edit
- Thomas Tany
- Jeremy Taylor
- Thomas Taylor[disambiguation needed] not DNB
- Richard Temple
- William Temple (logician) DNB
- Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet
- Thomas Tenison
- George Thomson (medical writer) DNB
- John Tillotson
- Matthew Tindal
- John Toland
- Thomas Tryon
- Anthony Tuckney
- George Tullie DNB, George Tully
- Thomas Tully DNB
- John Turner[link currently leads to a wrong person] not DNB
- William Twisse
- James Tyrrell (writer)
U edit
W edit
- Thomas Wadsworth DNB
- Thomas Wagstaffe DNB
- John Wallis
- Brian Walton (bishop)
- William Walwyn
- Seth Ward (bishop)
- John Warner (Jesuit) DNB
- Walter Warner
- Matthew Warren DNB
- Philip Warwick
- Isaac Watts
- John Webster (minister)
- James Wellwood (physician) DNB
- Edward Weston (priest) DNB
- Benjamin Whichcote
- William Whiston
- Daniel Whitby
- Thomas White (scholar)
- John Whitehall not DNB
- John Wildman
- John Wilkins
- Daniel Williams (theologian)
- John Williams (1636-1709) DNB, bishop of Chichester
- Thomas Willis
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
- Edmund Wingate DNB
- Gerrard Winstanley
- William Wollaston
- Charles Wolseley
- John Woodward (naturalist)
- John Worthington
- William Wotton
- Christopher Wren
- Matthew Wren (1585-1667)
- Matthew Wren (1629-1672)
- John Wynne (bishop)
- Richard Zouche