Political Leaders in Padua

The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 1351 to 1786. The most recorded lives are Galileo Galilei, Giovanni Boccaccio and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Notable people

1. Galileo Galilei

   from 1592 to 1610

   3 moments here

   Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…

2. Giovanni Boccaccio

   from 1351 to 1368

   2 moments here

   Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…

3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   in 1786

   1 moment here

   German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…

4. Nicolaus Copernicus

   in 1501

   1 moment here

   Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

Moments

1. 1351 Mission and meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
2. 1368 Final meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
3. 1501 Medical studies in Padua Nicolaus Copernicus
4. 1592 Lived and worked in Padua Galileo Galilei
5. 1592 Opened his Padua professorship Galileo Galilei
6. 1610 Occupied his Via dei Vignali house Galileo Galilei
7. 1786 Arrives in Padua Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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