Marseille in the Industrial Revolution

The atlas holds 5 people and 5 moments here, from 1836 to 1840. The most recorded lives are Frédéric Chopin, Honoré de Balzac and Heinrich Heine.

Frédéric Chopin
in 1839
1 moment 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…
George Sand
in 1839
1 moment here
French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1840
1 moment here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Heinrich Heine
in 1836
1 moment here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Honoré de Balzac
in 1838
1 moment here
French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…