Writers in Oslo

The atlas holds 9 people and 9 moments here, from 1861 to 2002. The most recorded lives are Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry Ford.

Nelson Mandela
in 1993
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1964
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Henry Ford
in 1915
1 moment here
American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…
Jimmy Carter
in 2002
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Mother Teresa
in 1979
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1910
1 moment here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
Jules Verne
in 1861
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Helen Keller
in 1957
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Liu Xiaobo
in 1988
1 moment here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…