Writers in London
The atlas holds 68 people and 315 moments here, from 1374 to 2015. The most recorded lives are Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud and John F. Kennedy.
Notable people
Mark Twain
from 1871 to 1900
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Sigmund Freud
from 1938 to 1939
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Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
John F. Kennedy
from 1938 to 1961
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Charles de Gaulle
from 1940 to 1944
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French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Agatha Christie
from 1918 to 1941
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English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…
Nelson Mandela
from 1962 to 2000
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South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Voltaire
from 1726 to 1727
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François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
Benjamin Franklin
from 1724 to 1764
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American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…
James Joyce
from 1904 to 1931
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Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1936 to 1972
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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
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Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Jawaharlal Nehru
from 1905 to 1948
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Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Rudyard Kipling
from 1889 to 1936
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English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Jonathan Swift
from 1707 to 1726
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Anglo-Irish writer, satirist, political pamphleteer, and Church of Ireland cleric, best known for Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, and A Modest…
Prince
from 2006 to 2014
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Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
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…
Salvador Dalí
from 1936 to 1938
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Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1847
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Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Rabindranath Tagore
from 1879 to 1912
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Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1766
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Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Edgar Allan Poe
from 1816 to 1817
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American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1673 to 1676
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German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Stephen Hawking
from 2012 to 2015
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English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Sarah Bernhardt
from 1879 to 1882
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French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Moments
- 1651 Petty France garden house John Milton
- 1656 Marriage to Katherine Woodcock John Milton
- 1660 Birth in Cripplegate Daniel Defoe
- 1660 Encounter with Charles II in the Strand Thomas Hobbes
- 1660 Hiding at Bartholomew Close John Milton
- 1660 Holborn refuge after imprisonment John Milton
- 1661 Jewin Street residence John Milton
- 1663 Marriage to Elizabeth Minshull John Milton
- 1664 Artillery Walk residence John Milton
- 1667 Residence at Exeter House John Locke
- 1673 First London visit and Royal Society demonstration Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1674 Death at Bunhill Row John Milton
- 1676 Second London visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1679 Arrival in London after French travels John Locke
- 1684 Marriage to Mary Tuffley Daniel Defoe
- 1689 Residence at Dorset Court John Locke
- 1689 Return voyage with Princess Mary John Locke
- 1689 Volunteer escort in the City Daniel Defoe
- 1701 With the Kentish petitioners Daniel Defoe
- 1702 Final visit to London John Locke
- 1703 Imprisonment in Newgate Daniel Defoe
- 1703 Pilloried at Cheapside Conduit Daniel Defoe
- 1703 Pilloried at Temple Bar Daniel Defoe
- 1703 Pilloried at the Royal Exchange Daniel Defoe
- 1703 Seditious-libel trial Daniel Defoe
- 1707 First-Fruits mission in London Jonathan Swift
- 1710 Political work in London Jonathan Swift
- 1724 Journeyman printer in London Benjamin Franklin
- 1724 House at Stoke Newington Daniel Defoe
- 1726 Stayed with Pope at Twickenham Jonathan Swift
- 1726 Lives with Fawkener in Wandsworth Voltaire
- 1726 Takes rooms at Durham Court Voltaire
- 1727 Lodges above the White Peruke Voltaire
- 1729 Arrival in London Montesquieu
- 1730 Initiation at Horn Tavern Lodge Montesquieu
- 1731 Burial at Bunhill Fields Daniel Defoe
- 1731 Death in Ropemakers Alley Daniel Defoe
- 1757 London colonial agency Benjamin Franklin
- 1764 Departure from Glasgow for London Adam Smith
- 1764 Second London mission Benjamin Franklin
- 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
- 1785 First audience with George III John Adams
- 1786 London meeting with George III Thomas Jefferson
- 1788 Kent and London family journey Jane Austen
- 1788 Birth on Holles Street Lord Byron