Educators in London
The atlas holds 17 people and 50 moments here, from 1505 to 1989. The most recorded lives are George Frideric Handel, Michael Faraday and Adam Smith.
Notable people
George Frideric Handel
from 1710 to 1759
10 moments here
German-British Baroque composer. Born in Halle, he worked in Hamburg, travelled in Italy, served as Kapellmeister at Hanover, and settled in England.…
Michael Faraday
from 1791 to 1860
9 moments here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Adam Smith
from 1764 to 1777
5 moments here
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…
Frédéric Chopin
from 1837 to 1848
4 moments here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1936 to 1972
3 moments here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
from 1861 to 1893
3 moments here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Albert Einstein
from 1921 to 1933
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German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1766
2 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1673 to 1676
2 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Desiderius Erasmus
from 1505 to 1510
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Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Giordano Bruno
from 1583 to 1584
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Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Marie Curie
in 1903
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Louis Pasteur
in 1881
1 moment here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1889
1 moment here
Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Arthur Schopenhauer
in 1803
1 moment here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1937
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1989
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Moments
- 1505 Second stay in England Desiderius Erasmus
- 1510 Arrival at Thomas More's house Desiderius Erasmus
- 1583 Residence at Castelnau's London house Giordano Bruno
- 1584 Ash Wednesday discussion at Whitehall Giordano Bruno
- 1673 First London visit and Royal Society demonstration Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1676 Second London visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1710 First London visit George Frideric Handel
- 1712 Permanent settlement in England George Frideric Handel
- 1713 Barn Elms residence George Frideric Handel
- 1717 Water Music river party George Frideric Handel
- 1723 Brook Street residence George Frideric Handel
- 1734 Mary Delany's London party George Frideric Handel
- 1749 Foundling Hospital benefit concert George Frideric Handel
- 1750 Return to Foundling Hospital George Frideric Handel
- 1759 Burial at Westminster Abbey George Frideric Handel
- 1759 Death at Brook Street George Frideric Handel
- 1764 Departure from Glasgow for London Adam Smith
- 1766 Arrival in London Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1766 Stay at Chiswick Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1766 Return to London from France Adam Smith
- 1773 London research and writing Adam Smith
- 1774 London residence while finishing The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
- 1777 London lodgings in Suffolk Street Adam Smith
- 1791 Birth at Newington Butts Michael Faraday
- 1803 Schooling at Eagle House, Wimbledon Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1804 Bookbinder's apprenticeship Michael Faraday
- 1812 Humphry Davy lectures Michael Faraday
- 1813 Chemical Assistant appointment Michael Faraday
- 1813 Departure on Continental tour Michael Faraday
- 1815 Return to the Royal Institution Michael Faraday
- 1827 First Christmas Lecture Michael Faraday
- 1831 Work at the Royal Institution Michael Faraday
- 1837 Incognito London visit Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Arrival for Great Britain tour Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Performance at Stafford House Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Last public appearance at Guildhall Frédéric Chopin
- 1860 Trinity House board attendance Michael Faraday
- 1861 First foreign journey: London Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1881 International Medical Congress presentation Louis Pasteur
- 1888 Concert at St James's Hall Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1889 Departure from London before Faraday Lecture Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1893 Conducting in London Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1903 Appears at the Royal Institution Marie Curie
- 1921 Lectures at King's College London Albert Einstein
- 1933 Addresses Royal Albert Hall Albert Einstein
- 1936 British Academy Beowulf lecture J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1937 Emergency operation in London Ernest Rutherford
- 1939 Government Code and Cypher School course J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1972 Receives CBE insignia J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1989 Tours London Raisa Gorbacheva