Scientists in Bologna

The atlas holds 6 people and 7 moments here, from 1287 to 1786. The most recorded lives are Nicolaus Copernicus, Leonardo da Vinci and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Notable people

1. 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…

2. Leonardo da Vinci

   in 1500

   1 moment here

   Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

3. 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…

4. 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.…

5. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

   in 1689

   1 moment here

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

6. 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.…

Moments

1. 1287 Probable stay in Bologna Dante Alighieri
2. 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
3. 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
4. 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
5. 1689 Bologna stop Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
6. 1729 Arrival in Bologna Montesquieu
7. 1786 Reaches Bologna Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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