Historical figures in Kassel

The atlas holds 4 people and 4 moments here, from 1727 to 1833. The most recorded lives are Johann Sebastian Bach, Voltaire and Carl Friedrich Gauss. Among them Educators, Writers and Mathematicians, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.

Notable people

1. Johann Sebastian Bach

   in 1732

   1 moment here

   German Baroque composer, organist, violinist, keyboard virtuoso, and musical director. Born in Eisenach, Bach was educated in Ohrdruf and Lüneburg…

2. Voltaire

   in 1753

   1 moment here

   François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…

3. Carl Friedrich Gauss

   in 1833

   1 moment here

   German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…

4. Leonhard Euler

   in 1727

   1 moment here

   Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…

Moments

1. 1727 Post-wagon journey through Kassel Leonhard Euler
2. 1732 Examined the Kassel organ Johann Sebastian Bach
3. 1753 Stays in Kassel Voltaire
4. 1833 Meeting Christian Ludwig Gerling Carl Friedrich Gauss

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