Writers in Cape Town
The atlas holds 4 people and 15 moments here, from 1836 to 2003. The most recorded lives are Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi and Charles Darwin.
Notable people
Nelson Mandela
from 1955 to 2003
12 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1914
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Charles Darwin
in 1836
1 moment here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Rudyard Kipling
in 1898
1 moment here
English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Moments
- 1836 Explores the Cape region Charles Darwin
- 1898 Winter holiday at Groote Schuur Rudyard Kipling
- 1914 Departs Cape Town for England Mahatma Gandhi
- 1955 Proceeds to Cape Town Nelson Mandela
- 1963 First confined on Robben Island Nelson Mandela
- 1964 Begins life sentence on Robben Island Nelson Mandela
- 1982 Transferred to Pollsmoor Prison Nelson Mandela
- 1985 Treated at Volks Hospital Nelson Mandela
- 1988 Continues treatment at Constantiaberg Nelson Mandela
- 1988 Diagnosed at Tygerberg Hospital Nelson Mandela
- 1990 Addresses Cape Town from City Hall Nelson Mandela
- 1990 Leads talks at Groote Schuur Nelson Mandela
- 1995 Returns to Robben Island Nelson Mandela
- 1998 Revisits Robben Island with Clinton Nelson Mandela
- 2003 Addresses inaugural 46664 concert Nelson Mandela