Other list from CMI of lifespans

1) Φιλολoγικά/Philologica : "in a time when most people died at an average age of 35" ; 2) What others have to say about Life Expectancy through history - and my take on that ; 3) Longevity in Selected Ancestry and Inlaws of Eleanor of Montfort ; 4) Tudor Times Demographical Stats ; 5) How Many Hours are we Talking About, and How Heavy? ; 6) New blog on the kid : When "Answers" Paint Middle Ages Black ; 7) Creation vs. Evolution : CMI Provided some Lifespans of the Past ; 8)Other list from CMI of lifespans ; 9) Φιλολoγικά/Philologica : Medieval and Early Modern Lifespans, Again: Berkeleys and Related ; 10) Story of a Cardinal's Title with Pre-Industrial Demographics

Creationist contributions to science
by Don Batten
Day of Holy Innocents, Monday 28-XII-2015
http://creation.com/creationist-scientist-contributions

I cite:

Francis Bacon (1561–1626), the classical scientific method; Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594), cartography, inventor of the Mercator map projection; Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), physics, astronomy; Johann Kepler (1571–1630), astronomy; Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), probability, hydrostatics, the barometer; Robert Boyle (1627–1691), chemistry, gas dynamics; John Ray (1627–1705), natural history; Nicolaus Steno, founder of stratigraphy (geology); Isaac Newton (1642–1727), dynamics, gravitation law, law of cooling, reflecting telescope, spectrum of light, co-inventor of calculus; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (1646–1716), mathematics, co-inventor of calculus; John Flamsteed (1646–1719), Greenwich Observatory Founder; Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), taxonomy, biological classification system; John Dalton (1766–1844), atomic theory, gas law. There are many others.

Let's agree to disagree on whether four of these were good science contributors or not : Bacon, Galillei, Kepler and Newton. Some say they did LOTS and it was all or mainly good for science. I agree they did LOTS, but some was deciselvely bad for it. However, the lifespans I do not dispute, I will again make a chart of life expectancy of learned men 16th – 18th Centuries. I am adding Steno's lifespan from other page. Since he was worn out from mission among Protestants and died early, this is a point against mine. However, his life span is only second lowest.

(1561–1626), 65 : 39 1/13 minimum 39
(1512–1594), 82 : 55
(1564–1642), 78 : 59
(1571–1630), 59 : 64 4/13 lower quartile 64
(1623–1662), 39 : 65
(1627–1691), 64 : 70
(1627–1705), 78 : 71 7/13 median 71
(1631–1686), 55 : 73
(1642–1727), 85 : 78
(1646–1716), 70 : 78 10/13 higher median 78
(1646–1719), 73 : 78
(1707–1778), 71 : 82
(1766–1844), 78 : 85 13/13 maximum 85

But do lifespans rise or sink or neither, during the period? Let's divide the thirteen into an earlier seven and a later seven, counting the mid one in both categories.

Born up to 1627(both lifespans starting from that year):
(1561–1626), 65 : 39 1/7 minimum 39
(1512–1594), 82 : 59
2 - 3/7 Lower quartile 59 - 64
(1564–1642), 78 : 64
(1571–1630), 59 : 65 4/7 median 65
(1623–1662), 39 : 78
5 - 6/7 Higher quartile 78
(1627–1691), 64 : 78
(1627–1705), 78 : 82 7/7 maximum 82

Born from 1627(only the lifespan ending later from that year):

(1627–1705), 78 : 55 1/7 minimum 55
(1631–1686), 55 : 70
2 - 3/7 Lower quartile 70 - 71
(1642–1727), 85 : 71
(1646–1716), 70 : 73 4/7 median 73
(1646–1719), 73 : 78
5 - 6/7 Higher quartile 78
(1707–1778), 71 : 78
(1766–1844), 78 : 85 7/7 maximum 85

Yes, there is a rise. Minimum rises 16 years, lower quartile 6 - 12 years, median rises 8 years, upper quartile is identic and maximum rises 3 years.

This should not be read as if highest life expectancy(not to be confounded with statistical life expectancy) had significantly risen, but that hazards making people "die before their age" have been reduced, if not in overall population, at least among these learned ones.

Actually, during part of industrial revolution, the poorer classes were arguably dying younger than before, due to new hardships when fewer men tend bigger production entities with security measures not yet provided and medicine not yet there for them.

Hans Georg Lundahl
Cergy
St Thomas Becket
29-XII-2015