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William Lilly
Born: May 1, 1602
Died: June 9, 1681 (aged 79)
Bio: William Lilly has been described as "the most abused as well as the most celebrated astrologer of the seventeenth century". Born the son of a yeoman farmer in Leicestershire, Lilly travelled to London as a youth to take up a servant's position.