Mathematicians of the Industrial Revolution
The atlas holds 5 people and 105 moments here, from 1761 to 1833. The most recorded lives are George Washington, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Thomas Jefferson.
Notable people
George Washington
from 1775 to 1799
37 moments here
George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…
Carl Friedrich Gauss
from 1777 to 1833
34 moments here
German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…
Thomas Jefferson
from 1761 to 1826
25 moments here
Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…
Immanuel Kant
from 1765 to 1804
6 moments here
German Enlightenment philosopher whose critical philosophy transformed epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and political thought.…
Leonhard Euler
from 1766 to 1783
3 moments here
Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…
Moments
- 1761 College of William & Mary student Thomas Jefferson
- 1765 Serves in the castle library Immanuel Kant
- 1766 Lives and lectures in Kanter's house Immanuel Kant
- 1766 Return to Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
- 1767 Lawyer living at Shadwell Thomas Jefferson
- 1770 Moved into Monticello South Pavilion Thomas Jefferson
- 1770 Presides over inaugural disputation Immanuel Kant
- 1771 Home destroyed by fire Leonhard Euler
- 1772 Marriage to Martha Wayles Skelton Thomas Jefferson
- 1775 Joins Congress in Philadelphia George Washington
- 1775 Occupies Cambridge headquarters George Washington
- 1776 Drafted Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson
- 1776 Continental Congress delegate in Philadelphia Thomas Jefferson
- 1776 Returned to Virginia legislature Thomas Jefferson
- 1776 Watches the battle from Fort Lee George Washington
- 1776 Attacks the Trenton garrison George Washington
- 1777 Birth in Brunswick Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1777 Enters winter quarters at Valley Forge George Washington
- 1779 Virginia governor at Governor's Palace Thomas Jefferson
- 1779 Stays at Ford Mansion George Washington
- 1781 Assembly met at Monticello Thomas Jefferson
- 1781 Escape to Poplar Forest Thomas Jefferson
- 1781 Evacuated Richmond with Virginia government Thomas Jefferson
- 1781 Summer residence at Poplar Forest Thomas Jefferson
- 1781 Meets French commanders at Newport George Washington
- 1781 Arrives in Williamsburg George Washington
- 1781 Leads army toward Yorktown George Washington
- 1781 Visits Mount Vernon en route to Yorktown George Washington
- 1783 Death in Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
- 1783 Bids farewell at Fraunces Tavern George Washington
- 1783 Resigns command in Annapolis George Washington
- 1783 Returns home after the Revolution George Washington
- 1784 Elementary schooling Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1784 Tours the Ohio Country George Washington
- 1784 Moves into his own house Immanuel Kant
- 1784 At Boston before Atlantic departure Thomas Jefferson
- 1784 Arrival as diplomat in Paris Thomas Jefferson
- 1786 London meeting with George III Thomas Jefferson
- 1787 Southern France and northern Italy journey Thomas Jefferson
- 1787 Visited Genoa during European tour Thomas Jefferson
- 1787 Visited Milan during European tour Thomas Jefferson
- 1787 Visited Turin during European tour Thomas Jefferson
- 1787 Arrives for the Constitutional Convention George Washington
- 1788 Gymnasium education Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1789 Arrives in New York George Washington
- 1789 Departs Mount Vernon for the presidency George Washington
- 1789 Reaches Philadelphia on inaugural journey George Washington
- 1789 Received in Alexandria George Washington
- 1789 Stops at Trenton George Washington
- 1789 Takes the oath at Federal Hall George Washington