Political Leaders in Cambridge
The atlas holds 5 people and 8 moments here, from 1573 to 1937. The most recorded lives are Ernest Rutherford, Jawaharlal Nehru and Lord Byron.
Notable people
Ernest Rutherford
from 1895 to 1937
3 moments here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Jawaharlal Nehru
from 1907 to 1910
2 moments here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Lord Byron
in 1805
1 moment here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Francis Bacon
in 1573
1 moment here
English philosopher, lawyer, statesman, Attorney General, and Lord Chancellor under James I.…
Peter Paul Rubens
in 1629
1 moment here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Moments
- 1573 Student at Trinity College Francis Bacon
- 1629 Honorary degree at Cambridge Peter Paul Rubens
- 1805 Entry to Trinity College Lord Byron
- 1895 Research student at the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford
- 1907 Studies at Trinity College Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1910 Graduation at Cambridge Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1919 Return to the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford
- 1937 Death in Cambridge Ernest Rutherford