Writers in Alexandria
The atlas holds 9 people and 15 moments here, from 300 BC to 1938. The most recorded lives are Hypatia, Ibn Battuta and Ptolemy.
Notable people
Hypatia
from 370 to 415
5 moments here
Hypatia was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and teacher. Her birth is disputed, with estimates ranging from about 350 to…
Ibn Battuta
from 1326 to 1349
2 moments here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Ptolemy
from 127 to 141
2 moments here
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and music theorist.…
Julius Caesar
in 48 BC
1 moment here
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Mark Twain
in 1867
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Euclid
in 300 BC
1 moment here
Ancient Greek mathematician and geometer, conventionally known as Euclid of Alexandria. Biographical evidence is exceptionally sparse: his birthplace…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1938
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Marcus Aurelius
in 175
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher. This chronology records securely attested physical presence from his birth and Roman residences…
Ibn Khaldun
in 1382
1 moment here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Moments
- 300 BC Mathematical career in Alexandria Euclid
- 48 BC Arrives at Alexandria Julius Caesar
- 127 Earliest exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 141 Last exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 175 Stay in Alexandria Marcus Aurelius
- 370 Born in Alexandria Hypatia
- 393 Teaches Synesius in Alexandria Hypatia
- 400 Leads the Platonist school Hypatia
- 415 Murdered in the Caesareum Hypatia
- 415 Waylaid while returning home Hypatia
- 1326 Arrives at Alexandria Ibn Battuta
- 1349 Revisits Alexandria's lighthouse Ibn Battuta
- 1382 Arrival at Alexandria Ibn Khaldun
- 1867 Prepares to leave Alexandria Mark Twain
- 1938 Stop at Alexandria Jawaharlal Nehru