Scientists of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 13 people and 140 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and Helen Keller.

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. 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.…

  3. Helen Keller

    from 1925 to 1939

    18 moments here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  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. 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.…

  6. Thomas Edison

    from 1918 to 1931

    7 moments here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

  7. Joseph Stalin

    from 1918 to 1934

    5 moments here

    Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…

  8. Nikola Tesla

    from 1919 to 1937

    4 moments here

    Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…

  9. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1925

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  10. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1931

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  11. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1919

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  12. Kofi Annan

    in 1938

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  13. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1932

    1 moment here

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

Moments

  1. 1918 Returns to Oxford for dictionary work J. R. R. Tolkien
  2. 1918 Researches at Key West Naval Station Thomas Edison
  3. 1918 Takes command assignment at Tsaritsyn Joseph Stalin
  4. 1918 Camps near Bolar Springs Thomas Edison
  5. 1919 Return to the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford
  6. 1919 Returns to her completed Radium Institute laboratory Marie Curie
  7. 1919 Allis-Chalmers work Nikola Tesla
  8. 1919 Death at Sagamore Hill Theodore Roosevelt
  9. 1919 Taken off active service at Fovant J. R. R. Tolkien
  10. 1919 Departs Green Island on Vagabonds trip Thomas Edison
  11. 1920 Reader at the University of Leeds J. R. R. Tolkien
  12. 1920 Lectures at Copenhagen University Ernest Rutherford
  13. 1921 Lectures at King's College London Albert Einstein
  14. 1921 Visits the White House Albert Einstein
  15. 1921 Attends Paris Opera benefit Marie Curie
  16. 1921 Arrives in New York Albert Einstein
  17. 1921 Gives first American lecture at Columbia Albert Einstein
  18. 1921 Lectures at Princeton Albert Einstein
  19. 1921 Arrives in New York Harbor Marie Curie
  20. 1921 Boards Olympic at Cherbourg Marie Curie
  21. 1921 Honored at the American Museum of Natural History Marie Curie
  22. 1921 Inspects the Canonsburg radium plant Marie Curie
  23. 1921 Lectures at Vassar College Marie Curie
  24. 1921 Receives radium at the White House Marie Curie
  25. 1921 Visits Pittsburgh Marie Curie
  26. 1921 Visits the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Marie Curie
  27. 1921 Welcomed at Carnegie Hall Marie Curie
  28. 1921 Lectures in Manchester Albert Einstein
  29. 1921 Receives Columbia honorary doctorate Marie Curie
  30. 1921 Receives University of Chicago honorary degree Marie Curie
  31. 1921 Sees Niagara Falls Marie Curie
  32. 1921 Visits the Grand Canyon Marie Curie
  33. 1921 Visits Yale University Marie Curie
  34. 1922 Lectures and receives imperial audience in Tokyo Albert Einstein
  35. 1922 Speaks in Colombo Albert Einstein
  36. 1922 Speaks in Singapore Albert Einstein
  37. 1922 Visits Lenin at Gorki Joseph Stalin
  38. 1922 St. Regis Hotel residence Nikola Tesla
  39. 1922 Debates Bergson in Paris Albert Einstein
  40. 1922 Arrives at Kobe Albert Einstein
  41. 1922 First Shanghai stop Albert Einstein
  42. 1922 Travels from Kobe to Kyoto Albert Einstein
  43. 1922 Departs Japan from Moji Albert Einstein
  44. 1922 Lectures in Osaka Albert Einstein
  45. 1922 Lectures in Sendai Albert Einstein
  46. 1922 Returns to lecture in Kyoto Albert Einstein
  47. 1922 Returns to Shanghai Albert Einstein
  48. 1922 Travels to Nikko Albert Einstein
  49. 1922 Visits Hakata and Kyushu University Albert Einstein
  50. 1923 Disembarks in Barcelona Albert Einstein

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