Historical figures in Moor Park

The atlas holds 5 people and 12 moments here, from 1592 to 1894. The most recorded lives are Jane Austen, Jonathan Swift and Charles Darwin. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Explorers, across the Enlightenment and the Age of Exploration.

Notable people

1. Jane Austen

   from 1775 to 1813

   7 moments here

   English novelist Jane Austen spent her life in southern England, principally in Hampshire, Bath, Southampton, Chawton, and Winchester.…

2. Jonathan Swift

   from 1688 to 1696

   2 moments here

   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…

3. Charles Darwin

   in 1857

   1 moment here

   English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…

4. Charlie Chaplin

   in 1894

   1 moment here

   English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

5. Elizabeth I

   in 1592

   1 moment here

   Elizabeth I (1533–1603), daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death.…

Moments

1. 1592 Visit to Elvetham Elizabeth I
2. 1688 Secretary at Moor Park Jonathan Swift
3. 1696 Returned to Moor Park Jonathan Swift
4. 1775 Birth at Steventon Jane Austen
5. 1795 Tom Lefroy's visit at Ashe Jane Austen
6. 1809 Move to Chawton Cottage Jane Austen
7. 1811 Visit to Steventon Jane Austen
8. 1812 Visit to Steventon Jane Austen
9. 1813 Return to Chawton Jane Austen
10. 1813 Return to Chawton via London Jane Austen
11. 1857 Takes treatment at Moor Park Charles Darwin
12. 1894 Makes childhood stage appearance Charlie Chaplin

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