Scientists in Boston

The atlas holds 9 people and 21 moments here, from 1706 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Helen Keller, Charles Dickens and George Washington.

Notable people

1. Helen Keller

   from 1888 to 1956

   9 moments here

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

2. Charles Dickens

   from 1842 to 1867

   3 moments here

   English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

3. George Washington

   from 1775 to 1789

   2 moments here

   George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…

4. Theodore Roosevelt

   from 1876 to 1912

   2 moments here

   Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

5. Thomas Edison

   in 1868

   1 moment here

   American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

6. Benjamin Franklin

   in 1706

   1 moment here

   American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…

7. Stephen Hawking

   in 2016

   1 moment here

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

8. Kofi Annan

   in 1971

   1 moment here

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

9. Raisa Gorbacheva

   in 1990

   1 moment here

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

Moments

1. 1706 Birth on Milk Street Benjamin Franklin
2. 1775 Occupies Cambridge headquarters George Washington
3. 1789 Visits churches in Boston George Washington
4. 1842 Arrives in Boston Charles Dickens
5. 1867 Returns to Boston Charles Dickens
6. 1867 Reads at Tremont Temple Charles Dickens
7. 1868 Works as a Boston telegrapher Thomas Edison
8. 1876 Entered Harvard University Theodore Roosevelt
9. 1888 First visit to Perkins Institution Helen Keller
10. 1888 Visit to Bunker Hill Helen Keller
11. 1889 Studies at Perkins Institution Helen Keller
12. 1896 Cambridge School enrollment Helen Keller
13. 1898 College preparation in Boston Helen Keller
14. 1899 Radcliffe entrance examinations Helen Keller
15. 1900 Begins Radcliffe College Helen Keller
16. 1912 Presidential-nomination declaration Theodore Roosevelt
17. 1955 Honorary degree at Harvard Helen Keller
18. 1956 Keller-Macy Cottage dedication Helen Keller
19. 1971 Management study at MIT Sloan Kofi Annan
20. 1990 Wellesley College commencement address Raisa Gorbacheva
21. 2016 Morris Loeb Lecture at Harvard Stephen Hawking

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