Scientists in New York City

The atlas holds 12 people and 53 moments here, from 1776 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein and Charles Dickens.

Notable people

  1. Nikola Tesla

    from 1884 to 1943

    14 moments here

    Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…

  2. Albert Einstein

    from 1921 to 1930

    6 moments here

    German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

  3. Charles Dickens

    from 1842 to 1868

    6 moments here

    English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

  4. Helen Keller

    from 1894 to 1947

    6 moments here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  5. George Washington

    from 1776 to 1789

    4 moments here

    George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…

  6. Thomas Edison

    from 1869 to 1886

    4 moments here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

  7. Marie Curie

    in 1921

    4 moments here

    Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…

  8. Theodore Roosevelt

    from 1858 to 1895

    3 moments here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  9. Kofi Annan

    from 1983 to 2006

    3 moments here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  10. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  11. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1988

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  12. Li Keqiang

    in 2016

    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…

Moments

  1. 1776 Watches the battle from Fort Lee George Washington
  2. 1783 Bids farewell at Fraunces Tavern George Washington
  3. 1789 Arrives in New York George Washington
  4. 1789 Takes the oath at Federal Hall George Washington
  5. 1842 Attends the Boz Ball Charles Dickens
  6. 1842 Departs New York for England Charles Dickens
  7. 1858 Birth at Roosevelt family home Theodore Roosevelt
  8. 1867 Reads at Steinway Hall Charles Dickens
  9. 1868 Reads at Plymouth Church Charles Dickens
  10. 1868 Departs New York aboard Russia Charles Dickens
  11. 1868 Gives final American reading Charles Dickens
  12. 1869 Moves to New York City Thomas Edison
  13. 1878 Demonstrates phonograph at Mount St. Vincent Thomas Edison
  14. 1880 Returned to New York for Columbia Law School Theodore Roosevelt
  15. 1881 Takes up residence in Manhattan Thomas Edison
  16. 1884 Emigration and Edison Machine Works Nikola Tesla
  17. 1886 Works at Harrison lamp factory Thomas Edison
  18. 1887 Tesla Electric Company laboratory Nikola Tesla
  19. 1889 Grand Street laboratory Nikola Tesla
  20. 1891 Wireless-lighting lecture Nikola Tesla
  21. 1892 South Fifth Avenue laboratory Nikola Tesla
  22. 1894 Visit to Bedloe's Island Helen Keller
  23. 1894 Wright-Humason School studies Helen Keller
  24. 1895 East Houston Street laboratory Nikola Tesla
  25. 1895 New York City Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt
  26. 1898 Radio-controlled boat demonstration Nikola Tesla
  27. 1900 Waldorf-Astoria residence Nikola Tesla
  28. 1906 Broadway office Nikola Tesla
  29. 1910 Metropolitan Life Tower offices Nikola Tesla
  30. 1916 Peace speech in New York Helen Keller
  31. 1917 Move to Forest Hills Helen Keller
  32. 1921 Arrives in New York Albert Einstein
  33. 1921 Gives first American lecture at Columbia Albert Einstein
  34. 1921 Arrives in New York Harbor Marie Curie
  35. 1921 Honored at the American Museum of Natural History Marie Curie
  36. 1921 Welcomed at Carnegie Hall Marie Curie
  37. 1921 Receives Columbia honorary doctorate Marie Curie
  38. 1922 St. Regis Hotel residence Nikola Tesla
  39. 1930 Attends Madison Square Garden Hanukkah celebration Albert Einstein
  40. 1930 Attends Metropolitan Opera Albert Einstein
  41. 1930 Returns to New York Albert Einstein
  42. 1930 Tours Riverside Church Albert Einstein
  43. 1931 World Conference on Work for the Blind Helen Keller
  44. 1934 Hotel New Yorker residence Nikola Tesla
  45. 1937 Order of the White Lion ceremony Nikola Tesla
  46. 1943 Death at Hotel New Yorker Nikola Tesla
  47. 1947 Lions Club address during world tour Helen Keller
  48. 1983 UN Secretariat director in New York Kofi Annan
  49. 1988 Governors Island Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
  50. 1989 UN General Assembly address Margaret Thatcher

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