Scientists of the Space Age

The atlas holds 9 people and 234 moments here, from 1957 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Mikhail Gorbachev, Li Keqiang and Kofi Annan.

Notable people

  1. Mikhail Gorbachev

    from 1961 to 2022

    51 moments here

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

  2. Li Keqiang

    from 1974 to 2023

    40 moments here

    Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…

  3. Kofi Annan

    from 1958 to 2018

    37 moments here

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

  4. Margaret Thatcher

    from 1959 to 2013

    31 moments 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…

  5. Wangarĩ Maathai

    from 1960 to 2011

    26 moments here

    Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…

  6. Raisa Gorbacheva

    from 1960 to 1999

    21 moments here

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

  7. Stephen Hawking

    from 1959 to 2018

    20 moments here

    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

  8. J. R. R. Tolkien

    from 1968 to 1973

    4 moments here

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

  9. Helen Keller

    from 1957 to 1968

    4 moments here

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

Moments

  1. 1957 Tour of Iceland Helen Keller
  2. 1957 Tour of Scandinavia Helen Keller
  3. 1958 Economics student at Kumasi College Kofi Annan
  4. 1959 Finchley campaign speech Margaret Thatcher
  5. 1959 Adopted as Finchley candidate Margaret Thatcher
  6. 1959 Residence at Farnborough Margaret Thatcher
  7. 1959 Undergraduate study at University College Stephen Hawking
  8. 1960 Holiday in Sochi Raisa Gorbacheva
  9. 1960 Studies begin in Atchison Wangarĩ Maathai
  10. 1961 Visit with President Kennedy Helen Keller
  11. 1961 International-relations study in Geneva Kofi Annan
  12. 1961 Undergraduate study at Macalester Kofi Annan
  13. 1961 World Youth Festival Congress Mikhail Gorbachev
  14. 1962 Budget officer at WHO Kofi Annan
  15. 1962 Journey through Iran Stephen Hawking
  16. 1964 Graduate study in Pittsburgh Wangarĩ Maathai
  17. 1965 Marriage in St Albans Stephen Hawking
  18. 1966 Delegation visit to East Germany Mikhail Gorbachev
  19. 1966 Research appointment in Nairobi Wangarĩ Maathai
  20. 1966 PhD and fellowship at Gonville and Caius Stephen Hawking
  21. 1967 Doctoral study at Giessen Wangarĩ Maathai
  22. 1967 Doctoral study in Munich Wangarĩ Maathai
  23. 1968 Move to Poole in retirement J. R. R. Tolkien
  24. 1968 Death at Arcan Ridge Helen Keller
  25. 1969 Visit to Leningrad Margaret Thatcher
  26. 1969 Return to Nairobi academic work Wangarĩ Maathai
  27. 1969 Delegation visit to Czechoslovakia Mikhail Gorbachev
  28. 1971 Management study at MIT Sloan Kofi Annan
  29. 1971 Delegation visit to Italy Mikhail Gorbachev
  30. 1972 Return to central Oxford J. R. R. Tolkien
  31. 1972 Visit to Belgium Mikhail Gorbachev
  32. 1972 Visit to the Netherlands Mikhail Gorbachev
  33. 1972 Receives CBE insignia J. R. R. Tolkien
  34. 1973 Visit to West Germany Mikhail Gorbachev
  35. 1973 Death in Bournemouth J. R. R. Tolkien
  36. 1974 Manager at Ghana Tourist Development Company Kofi Annan
  37. 1974 Return to Privolnoye for his father Mikhail Gorbachev
  38. 1974 Year at Caltech Stephen Hawking
  39. 1974 Rural labour at Damiao Commune Li Keqiang
  40. 1975 Return to Cambridge as reader Stephen Hawking
  41. 1975 Meeting President Ford Margaret Thatcher
  42. 1975 National Press Club address Margaret Thatcher
  43. 1976 Visit to France Mikhail Gorbachev
  44. 1976 Visits France with Mikhail Gorbachev Raisa Gorbacheva
  45. 1976 Habitat I conference Wangarĩ Maathai
  46. 1976 Production-brigade party secretary Li Keqiang
  47. 1977 Second visit to France Mikhail Gorbachev
  48. 1977 Returns to France with Mikhail Gorbachev Raisa Gorbacheva
  49. 1977 First Green Belt tree planting Wangarĩ Maathai
  50. 1978 Moves back to Moscow Raisa Gorbacheva

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