Scientists in London

The atlas holds 29 people and 123 moments here, from 1374 to 2015. The most recorded lives are James Cook, Dmitri Mendeleev and Ernest Rutherford.

Notable people

  1. James Cook

    in 1762

    1 moment here

    British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer whose surveys of Newfoundland and three Pacific voyages transformed European geographic knowledge of…

  2. Dmitri Mendeleev

    in 1889

    1 moment here

    Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…

  3. 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…

  4. Li Keqiang

    in 2014

    1 moment here

    Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…

  5. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

Moments

  1. 1827 First Christmas Lecture Michael Faraday
  2. 1827 Clerks at Gray's Inn Charles Dickens
  3. 1829 Reports at Doctors' Commons Charles Dickens
  4. 1829 Discusses beetles in London Charles Darwin
  5. 1830 Becomes a British Museum reader Charles Dickens
  6. 1831 Work at the Royal Institution Michael Faraday
  7. 1834 Takes rooms at Furnival's Inn Charles Dickens
  8. 1836 Marries at St Luke's Church Charles Dickens
  9. 1837 Moves to London scientific circles Charles Darwin
  10. 1837 Establishes home in Doughty Street Charles Dickens
  11. 1837 Recovers at Hampstead Heath Charles Dickens
  12. 1838 Moves into Upper Gower Street Charles Darwin
  13. 1839 Moves to Devonshire Terrace Charles Dickens
  14. 1843 Visit to German communists Friedrich Engels
  15. 1844 Visits Kew Gardens Charles Darwin
  16. 1845 Research journey to London Friedrich Engels
  17. 1845 Studies and meets Chartists in London Karl Marx
  18. 1847 First Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
  19. 1847 Second Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
  20. 1847 Attends Communist League congress Karl Marx
  21. 1849 Refugee reunion Friedrich Engels
  22. 1849 Arrives as an exile in London Karl Marx
  23. 1851 Attends the Great Exhibition Charles Dickens
  24. 1851 Lives at 28 Dean Street Karl Marx
  25. 1851 Moves into Tavistock House Charles Dickens
  26. 1854 Attends Crystal Palace opening Charles Darwin
  27. 1856 Moves to Grafton Terrace Karl Marx
  28. 1860 Trinity House board attendance Michael Faraday
  29. 1864 Moves to Modena Villas Karl Marx
  30. 1864 Joins the First International's founding meeting Karl Marx
  31. 1870 Gives final public reading Charles Dickens
  32. 1870 Makes last public appearance Charles Dickens
  33. 1870 Buried in Poets' Corner Charles Dickens
  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. 1881 International Medical Congress presentation Louis Pasteur
  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. 1889 Departure from London before Faraday Lecture Dmitri Mendeleev
  43. 1895 Death in London Friedrich Engels
  44. 1903 Appears at the Royal Institution Marie Curie
  45. 1907 Attends the Fifth RSDLP Congress in London Joseph Stalin
  46. 1921 Lectures at King's College London Albert Einstein
  47. 1930 First overseas tour: England Helen Keller
  48. 1932 Third trip abroad: England Helen Keller
  49. 1933 Addresses Royal Albert Hall Albert Einstein
  50. 1936 European journey with Polly Thomson Helen Keller

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