Scientists of the Scientific Revolution

The atlas holds 10 people and 205 moments here, from 1543 to 1687. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Galileo Galilei and Giordano Bruno.

Notable people

  1. René Descartes

    from 1596 to 1650

    45 moments here

    French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…

  2. Galileo Galilei

    from 1564 to 1642

    35 moments here

    Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…

  3. Giordano Bruno

    from 1548 to 1600

    31 moments here

    Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

  4. John Locke

    from 1632 to 1683

    22 moments here

    English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…

  5. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    from 1646 to 1687

    20 moments here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  6. Johannes Kepler

    from 1571 to 1630

    16 moments here

    German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and music theorist. Kepler’s documented life moved from Württemberg schooling…

  7. Francis Bacon

    from 1561 to 1626

    13 moments here

    English philosopher, lawyer, statesman, Attorney General, and Lord Chancellor under James I.…

  8. Blaise Pascal

    from 1623 to 1662

    11 moments here

    French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal spent his life principally between Clermont-Ferrand, Paris,…

  9. Thomas Hobbes

    from 1588 to 1679

    11 moments here

    English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

  10. Nicolaus Copernicus

    in 1543

    1 moment here

    Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

Moments

  1. 1543 Death at Frauenburg Nicolaus Copernicus
  2. 1548 Birth at Nola Giordano Bruno
  3. 1561 Birth at York House Francis Bacon
  4. 1562 Studies in Naples Giordano Bruno
  5. 1564 Baptized at Pisa Cathedral Galileo Galilei
  6. 1564 Born in Pisa Galileo Galilei
  7. 1565 Entered San Domenico Maggiore Giordano Bruno
  8. 1571 Birth in Weil der Stadt Johannes Kepler
  9. 1572 First Mass at Campagna Giordano Bruno
  10. 1573 Student at Trinity College Francis Bacon
  11. 1574 Moved from Pisa to Florence Galileo Galilei
  12. 1575 Educated at Vallombrosa Abbey Galileo Galilei
  13. 1576 Diplomatic journey to Paris Francis Bacon
  14. 1576 Lodging at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Giordano Bruno
  15. 1576 Arrival at Genoa Giordano Bruno
  16. 1576 Teaching at Noli Giordano Bruno
  17. 1576 Admission to Gray's Inn Francis Bacon
  18. 1577 Family move to Leonberg Johannes Kepler
  19. 1578 Bergamo stop during northern journey Giordano Bruno
  20. 1578 Stop at Chambéry Giordano Bruno
  21. 1579 Residence for legal study Francis Bacon
  22. 1579 Philosophy teaching at Toulouse Giordano Bruno
  23. 1579 University enrollment in Geneva Giordano Bruno
  24. 1579 Brief stay at Lyon Giordano Bruno
  25. 1581 Thirty lectures in Paris Giordano Bruno
  26. 1583 Observed the cathedral lantern Galileo Galilei
  27. 1583 Residence at Castelnau's London house Giordano Bruno
  28. 1583 First Oxford visit and public debate Giordano Bruno
  29. 1584 Monastic school at Adelberg Johannes Kepler
  30. 1584 Ash Wednesday discussion at Whitehall Giordano Bruno
  31. 1585 Return to Paris with Castelnau Giordano Bruno
  32. 1586 Seminary school at Maulbronn Johannes Kepler
  33. 1586 Disputation at the Collège de Cambrai Giordano Bruno
  34. 1586 Matriculation at Marburg Giordano Bruno
  35. 1586 Matriculation and lectures at Wittenberg Giordano Bruno
  36. 1588 Taught art and perspective in Florence Galileo Galilei
  37. 1588 Spring residence in Prague Giordano Bruno
  38. 1588 Birth at Westport Thomas Hobbes
  39. 1589 Registration at Helmstedt Giordano Bruno
  40. 1589 Entry to the Tübinger Stift Johannes Kepler
  41. 1589 Began teaching mathematics at Pisa Galileo Galilei
  42. 1590 Carmelite-convent lodging in Frankfurt Giordano Bruno
  43. 1591 Second Frankfurt stay Giordano Bruno
  44. 1591 Lectures in Zurich Giordano Bruno
  45. 1591 Arrival in Venice Giordano Bruno
  46. 1591 Geometry lectures in Padua Giordano Bruno
  47. 1592 Lived and worked in Padua Galileo Galilei
  48. 1592 Mocenigo residence in Venice Giordano Bruno
  49. 1592 Imprisonment at San Domenico di Castello Giordano Bruno
  50. 1592 Sought the Padua chair in Venice Galileo Galilei

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