Historical figures in Lancashire
The atlas holds 3 people and 5 moments here, from 1854 to 1931. The most recorded lives are Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle and Mahatma Gandhi. Among them Writers, Jurists and Philosophers, across the Interwar Period.
Notable people
Arthur Conan Doyle
from 1868 to 1870
2 moments here
Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…
Charles Dickens
from 1854 to 1869
2 moments here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1931
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Moments
- 1854 Observes the Preston strike Charles Dickens
- 1868 Jesuit preparatory schooling Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1869 Collapses in Preston Charles Dickens
- 1870 Student at Stonyhurst College Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1931 Visits Lancashire textile workers Mahatma Gandhi