Oxford in the Space Age

The atlas holds 9 people and 10 moments here, from 1959 to 2015. The most recorded lives are Benazir Bhutto, Ronald Reagan and Charlie Chaplin.

Notable people

1. Benazir Bhutto

   from 1973 to 1977

   2 moments here

   Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…

2. Ronald Reagan

   in 1992

   1 moment here

   American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

3. Charlie Chaplin

   in 1962

   1 moment here

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

4. Winston Churchill

   in 1965

   1 moment here

   Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

5. J. R. R. Tolkien

   in 1972

   1 moment here

   John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…

6. Stephen Hawking

   in 1959

   1 moment here

   English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

7. Jorge Luis Borges

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

8. Osama bin Laden

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Saudi-born founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. His documented movements include childhood and education in Saudi Arabia and England; militant…

9. Maryam Mirzakhani

   in 2015

   1 moment here

   Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…

Moments

1. 1959 Undergraduate study at University College Stephen Hawking
2. 1962 Receives Oxford honorary degree Charlie Chaplin
3. 1965 Buried at Bladon Winston Churchill
4. 1971 Oxford honorary doctorate Jorge Luis Borges
5. 1971 English-language course in Oxford Osama bin Laden
6. 1972 Return to central Oxford J. R. R. Tolkien
7. 1973 Relocates for Oxford study Benazir Bhutto
8. 1977 President of the Oxford Union Benazir Bhutto
9. 1992 Addresses Oxford Union Ronald Reagan
10. 2015 Visits Oxford and meets Mirzakhani Society Maryam Mirzakhani

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