Historical figures in Derbyshire
The atlas holds 3 people and 4 moments here, from 1679 to 1917. The most recorded lives are Florence Nightingale, Thomas Hobbes and Srinivasa Ramanujan. Among them Historians, Writers and Mathematicians, across the Industrial Revolution and the Scientific Revolution.
Notable people
Florence Nightingale
from 1825 to 1856
2 moments here
English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Srinivasa Ramanujan
in 1917
1 moment here
Indian mathematician whose documented life moved between Tamil Nadu, southern India, England, and back to India.…
Thomas Hobbes
in 1679
1 moment here
English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…
Moments
- 1679 Death at Hardwick Hall Thomas Hobbes
- 1825 Childhood summer home at Lea Hurst Florence Nightingale
- 1856 Homecoming at Lea Hurst Florence Nightingale
- 1917 Sanatorium treatment in Matlock Srinivasa Ramanujan