Educators of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 12 people and 148 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Albert Einstein, Mao Zedong and Marie Curie.

Notable people

1. Albert Einstein

   from 1921 to 1939

   65 moments here

   German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

2. Mao Zedong

   from 1919 to 1937

   23 moments here

   Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…

3. Marie Curie

   from 1919 to 1934

   19 moments here

   Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…

4. Ernest Rutherford

   from 1919 to 1937

   9 moments here

   New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

5. Golda Meir

   from 1918 to 1938

   9 moments here

   Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…

6. J. R. R. Tolkien

   from 1918 to 1939

   8 moments here

   John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…

7. Jorge Luis Borges

   from 1919 to 1937

   8 moments here

   Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

8. Pope John Paul II

   from 1920 to 1938

   2 moments here

   Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…

9. Pope Benedict XVI

   from 1927 to 1939

   2 moments here

   Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…

10. Pope Francis

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…

11. Neil Armstrong

    in 1930

    1 moment here

    American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…

12. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

Moments

1. 1918 American Jewish Congress convention Golda Meir
2. 1918 Returns to Oxford for dictionary work J. R. R. Tolkien
3. 1919 Return to the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford
4. 1919 Lugano residence after Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
5. 1919 Residence in Mallorca Jorge Luis Borges
6. 1919 Ultraist circle in Seville Jorge Luis Borges
7. 1919 Teaching and organizing in Changsha Mao Zedong
8. 1919 Returns to her completed Radium Institute laboratory Marie Curie
9. 1919 Taken off active service at Fovant J. R. R. Tolkien
10. 1919 Return to Beijing Mao Zedong
11. 1920 Arrival in Madrid Jorge Luis Borges
12. 1920 Reader at the University of Leeds J. R. R. Tolkien
13. 1920 Travel through Tianjin, Jinan, and Qufu Mao Zedong
14. 1920 Work and political contacts in Shanghai Mao Zedong
15. 1920 Birth in Wadowice Pope John Paul II
16. 1920 Lectures at Copenhagen University Ernest Rutherford
17. 1921 Lectures at King's College London Albert Einstein
18. 1921 Visits the White House Albert Einstein
19. 1921 Arrival in Tel Aviv Golda Meir
20. 1921 Departure for Palestine Golda Meir
21. 1921 Transit through Naples Golda Meir
22. 1921 Return to Buenos Aires Jorge Luis Borges
23. 1921 Attends Paris Opera benefit Marie Curie
24. 1921 Arrives in New York Albert Einstein
25. 1921 Gives first American lecture at Columbia Albert Einstein
26. 1921 Lectures at Princeton Albert Einstein
27. 1921 Arrives in New York Harbor Marie Curie
28. 1921 Boards Olympic at Cherbourg Marie Curie
29. 1921 Honored at the American Museum of Natural History Marie Curie
30. 1921 Inspects the Canonsburg radium plant Marie Curie
31. 1921 Lectures at Vassar College Marie Curie
32. 1921 Receives radium at the White House Marie Curie
33. 1921 Visits Pittsburgh Marie Curie
34. 1921 Visits the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Marie Curie
35. 1921 Welcomed at Carnegie Hall Marie Curie
36. 1921 Lectures in Manchester Albert Einstein
37. 1921 Receives Columbia honorary doctorate Marie Curie
38. 1921 Receives University of Chicago honorary degree Marie Curie
39. 1921 Sees Niagara Falls Marie Curie
40. 1921 Visits the Grand Canyon Marie Curie
41. 1921 Visits Yale University Marie Curie
42. 1921 First CCP Congress Mao Zedong
43. 1921 First CCP Congress relocation Mao Zedong
44. 1921 CCP secretary in Changsha Mao Zedong
45. 1922 Lectures and receives imperial audience in Tokyo Albert Einstein
46. 1922 Speaks in Colombo Albert Einstein
47. 1922 Speaks in Singapore Albert Einstein
48. 1922 Debates Bergson in Paris Albert Einstein
49. 1922 Arrives at Kobe Albert Einstein
50. 1922 First Shanghai stop Albert Einstein

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