Scientists of the Enlightenment
The atlas holds 16 people and 374 moments here, from 1687 to 1815. The most recorded lives are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, George Washington and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Notable people
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1749 to 1815
71 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
George Washington
from 1732 to 1799
44 moments here
George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
from 1712 to 1778
39 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1687 to 1716
35 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Montesquieu
from 1689 to 1755
29 moments here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Benjamin Franklin
from 1706 to 1790
28 moments here
American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…
Adam Smith
from 1723 to 1790
25 moments here
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…
Carl Linnaeus
from 1707 to 1778
24 moments here
Swedish botanist, physician, and naturalist who formalized binomial nomenclature and devised an influential system for classifying organisms.…
Leonhard Euler
from 1707 to 1783
18 moments here
Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…
Carl Friedrich Gauss
from 1777 to 1810
17 moments here
German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…
Immanuel Kant
from 1724 to 1804
15 moments here
German Enlightenment philosopher whose critical philosophy transformed epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and political thought.…
Michael Faraday
from 1791 to 1815
11 moments here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
James Cook
from 1728 to 1776
8 moments here
British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer whose surveys of Newfoundland and three Pacific voyages transformed European geographic knowledge of…
John Locke
from 1688 to 1704
6 moments here
English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
Charles Darwin
from 1809 to 1813
2 moments here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charles Dickens
from 1812 to 1815
2 moments here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Moments
- 1687 Stay at Rheinfels Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Hosted at Sulzbach Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Residence in Rotterdam John Locke
- 1688 Arrival in Munich Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Meeting at Graupen Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Two weeks in Regensburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Archival discovery in Augsburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 First extended Vienna stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Residence at Dorset Court John Locke
- 1689 Birth at Château de la Brède Montesquieu
- 1689 Return voyage with Princess Mary John Locke
- 1689 First Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Visit to Naples Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Florence visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Bologna stop Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Departure from Florence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Este archives at Modena Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Este tombs at Vangadizza Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Second Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Return visit to Vienna Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Returns to Hanover from Italy Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1691 Wolfenbüttel library directorship Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1691 Settlement at Oates Manor John Locke
- 1698 Extended periods in Berlin Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1700 Student at the College of Juilly Montesquieu
- 1700 Vienna church-union talks Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1702 Final visit to London John Locke
- 1702 Residence at Lützenburg and Berlin Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1704 Dresden scientific-society mission Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1704 Arrival at Lützenburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1704 Death at Oates Manor John Locke
- 1705 Legal studies in Bordeaux Montesquieu
- 1706 Birth on Milk Street Benjamin Franklin
- 1706 Berlin residence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1707 Childhood in Riehen Leonhard Euler
- 1707 Baptism at St. Martin's Church Leonhard Euler
- 1707 Birth in Basel Leonhard Euler
- 1707 Birth at Råshult Carl Linnaeus
- 1708 Vienna visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1709 Short return to Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1709 Scholarly residence in Paris Montesquieu
- 1711 Final Berlin sojourn Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1711 Audience with Peter the Great at Torgau Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1712 Birth in Geneva Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1712 Audience with Peter the Great at Carlsbad Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1712 Final extended Vienna residence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1714 Counselor at the Bordeaux Parlement Montesquieu
- 1714 Returns to Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz