Philosophers in London

The atlas holds 24 people and 100 moments here, from 1374 to 1989.

Moments

  1. 1726 Takes rooms at Durham Court Voltaire
  2. 1726 Recounts the falling-apple insight Isaac Newton
  3. 1727 Dies at Kensington Isaac Newton
  4. 1727 Lodges above the White Peruke Voltaire
  5. 1729 Arrival in London Montesquieu
  6. 1730 Initiation at Horn Tavern Lodge Montesquieu
  7. 1764 Departure from Glasgow for London Adam Smith
  8. 1766 Arrival in London Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  9. 1766 Stay at Chiswick Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. 1766 Return to London from France Adam Smith
  11. 1773 London research and writing Adam Smith
  12. 1774 London residence while finishing The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
  13. 1777 London lodgings in Suffolk Street Adam Smith
  14. 1786 London meeting with George III Thomas Jefferson
  15. 1803 Schooling at Eagle House, Wimbledon Arthur Schopenhauer
  16. 1829 Discusses beetles in London Charles Darwin
  17. 1837 Moves to London scientific circles Charles Darwin
  18. 1838 Moves into Upper Gower Street Charles Darwin
  19. 1843 Visit to German communists Friedrich Engels
  20. 1844 Visits Kew Gardens Charles Darwin
  21. 1845 Research journey to London Friedrich Engels
  22. 1845 Studies and meets Chartists in London Karl Marx
  23. 1847 First Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
  24. 1847 Second Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
  25. 1847 Attends Communist League congress Karl Marx
  26. 1849 Refugee reunion Friedrich Engels
  27. 1849 Arrives as an exile in London Karl Marx
  28. 1851 Lives at 28 Dean Street Karl Marx
  29. 1854 Attends Crystal Palace opening Charles Darwin
  30. 1856 Moves to Grafton Terrace Karl Marx
  31. 1862 Met Herzen and visited the Crystal Palace Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  32. 1864 Moves to Modena Villas Karl Marx
  33. 1864 Joins the First International's founding meeting Karl Marx
  34. 1870 Move to Regent's Park Road Friedrich Engels
  35. 1873 Rents Montague Street house Charles Darwin
  36. 1875 Moves to 41 Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
  37. 1875 Appears before vivisection commission Charles Darwin
  38. 1879 Studies at University College London Rabindranath Tagore
  39. 1882 Buried in Westminster Abbey Charles Darwin
  40. 1883 Marx funeral eulogy Friedrich Engels
  41. 1883 Dies at Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
  42. 1888 Studies at University College London Mahatma Gandhi
  43. 1888 Trains for the bar at Inner Temple Mahatma Gandhi
  44. 1891 Leaves London after qualifying Mahatma Gandhi
  45. 1895 Death in London Friedrich Engels
  46. 1912 Brings Gitanjali translations to London Rabindranath Tagore
  47. 1921 Lectures at King's College London Albert Einstein
  48. 1931 Lives at Kingsley Hall Mahatma Gandhi
  49. 1933 Addresses Royal Albert Hall Albert Einstein
  50. 1989 Tours London Raisa Gorbacheva

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