Glasgow in the Space Age
The atlas holds 6 people and 7 moments here, from 1960 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Diego Maradona, Nelson Mandela and Carl Sagan.
Notable people
Alfredo Di Stéfano
in 1960
1 moment here
Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…
Carl Sagan
in 1985
1 moment here
American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…
Diego Maradona
from 1979 to 2008
2 moments here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Nelson Mandela
in 2002
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Sydney Brenner
in 1978
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Zaha Hadid
in 2011
1 moment here
Iraqi-British architect, artist, and designer known for experimental, fluid architectural forms.…
Moments
- 1960 Fifth European Cup final Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1978 Gifford Lectures Sydney Brenner
- 1979 First senior international goal Diego Maradona
- 1985 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow Carl Sagan
- 2002 Visits Megrahi at Barlinnie Nelson Mandela
- 2008 First match as Argentina manager Diego Maradona
- 2011 Riverside Museum press conference Zaha Hadid