Edinburgh in the Cold War

The atlas holds 5 people and 8 moments here, from 1949 to 1987. The most recorded lives are Julius Nyerere, Macfarlane Burnet and Douglas Adams.

Notable people

1. Douglas Adams

   in 1976

   1 moment here

   English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…

2. John Eccles

   in 1978

   1 moment here

   Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…

3. Julius Nyerere

   from 1949 to 1987

   3 moments here

   Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…

4. Macfarlane Burnet

   from 1954 to 1975

   2 moments here

   Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

5. Olav V

   in 1962

   1 moment here

   Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…

Moments

1. 1949 University of Edinburgh studies Julius Nyerere
2. 1954 Price Lecture in Edinburgh Macfarlane Burnet
3. 1959 Return visit to Edinburgh Julius Nyerere
4. 1962 State visit to Scotland Olav V
5. 1975 MacArthur Postgraduate Lecture in Edinburgh Macfarlane Burnet
6. 1976 Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Douglas Adams
7. 1978 Gifford Lectures John Eccles
8. 1987 Constitutional conference opening address Julius Nyerere

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