Philosophers in Bologna
The atlas holds 7 people and 9 moments here, from 1287 to 1786. The most recorded lives are Nicolaus Copernicus, Petrarch and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Notable people
Nicolaus Copernicus
from 1496 to 1497
2 moments here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Petrarch
from 1320 to 1322
2 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
in 1786
1 moment here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Dante Alighieri
in 1287
1 moment here
Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1689
1 moment here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Montesquieu
in 1729
1 moment here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1506
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Moments
- 1287 Probable stay in Bologna Dante Alighieri
- 1320 Arrival for studies at Bologna Petrarch
- 1322 Return to Bologna Petrarch
- 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1506 Tutoring residence in Bologna Desiderius Erasmus
- 1689 Bologna stop Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1729 Arrival in Bologna Montesquieu
- 1786 Reaches Bologna Johann Wolfgang von Goethe