Cambridge in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 1919 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Alan Turing, Ernest Rutherford and Albert Einstein.

Notable people

1. Alan Turing

   from 1931 to 1939

   3 moments here

   English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…

2. Ernest Rutherford

   from 1919 to 1937

   2 moments here

   New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

3. Albert Einstein

   in 1930

   1 moment here

   German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

4. Hirohito

   in 1921

   1 moment here

   Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…

Moments

1. 1919 Return to the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford
2. 1921 Lecture at the University of Cambridge Hirohito
3. 1930 Stays with Eddington in Cambridge Albert Einstein
4. 1931 King's College undergraduate studies Alan Turing
5. 1935 Fellowship at King's College Alan Turing
6. 1937 Death in Cambridge Ernest Rutherford
7. 1939 Return to Cambridge Alan Turing

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