Lausanne in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 5 people and 5 moments here, from 1921 to 1938. The most recorded lives are Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and T. S. Eliot.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
in 1933
1 moment here
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…
Golda Meir
in 1938
1 moment here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1936
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
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.…
T. S. Eliot
in 1921
1 moment here
Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…