Educators in Paris
The atlas holds 19 people and 63 moments here, from 1245 to 1985. The most recorded lives are Frédéric Chopin, Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur.
Notable people
Frédéric Chopin
from 1831 to 1849
11 moments here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Marie Curie
from 1891 to 1921
10 moments here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Louis Pasteur
from 1838 to 1895
10 moments here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
from 1742 to 1776
7 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Thomas Aquinas
from 1245 to 1269
4 moments here
Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher. His documented movements connected family residences in southern Italy, Dominican and…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1672 to 1676
3 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Giordano Bruno
from 1581 to 1586
3 moments here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Adam Smith
from 1764 to 1766
2 moments here
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1914 to 1984
2 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
from 1861 to 1881
2 moments here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Albert Einstein
in 1922
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Leo Tolstoy
in 1857
1 moment here
Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Carl Linnaeus
in 1738
1 moment here
Swedish botanist, physician, and naturalist who formalized binomial nomenclature and devised an influential system for classifying organisms.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1913
1 moment here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
in 1827
1 moment here
German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1900
1 moment here
Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Michael Faraday
in 1813
1 moment here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1495
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1985
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Moments
- 1245 Study at the University of Paris Thomas Aquinas
- 1252 Return to Paris for theological study Thomas Aquinas
- 1256 First Paris regency in theology Thomas Aquinas
- 1269 Second Paris regency Thomas Aquinas
- 1495 Theological study in Paris Desiderius Erasmus
- 1581 Thirty lectures in Paris Giordano Bruno
- 1585 Return to Paris with Castelnau Giordano Bruno
- 1586 Disputation at the Collège de Cambrai Giordano Bruno
- 1672 Departs for Paris Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1673 Returns to Paris from London Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1676 Leaves Paris for Hanover service Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1738 Botanical visit in Paris Carl Linnaeus
- 1742 Presentation to the Académie des Sciences Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1745 Return to Paris and relationship with Thérèse Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1749 Visits to Diderot at Vincennes Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1759 Residence at Château de Montmorency Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1764 First arrival in Paris Adam Smith
- 1765 Paris stay with the Prince of Conti Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1766 Second Paris residence and intellectual meetings Adam Smith
- 1770 Final Paris residence on Rue Platrière Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1776 Carriage accident in Paris Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1813 Arrival in Paris with Davy Michael Faraday
- 1827 Trip to Paris Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1831 Arrival in Paris Frédéric Chopin
- 1832 Parisian debut at Salle Pleyel Frédéric Chopin
- 1833 Benefit concert with Liszt Frédéric Chopin
- 1838 Boarding-school attempt in Paris Louis Pasteur
- 1839 Paris apartment on Rue Tronchet Frédéric Chopin
- 1840 Dress rehearsal of Berlioz's symphony Frédéric Chopin
- 1842 Residence at Square d'Orléans Frédéric Chopin
- 1843 École Normale Supérieure student Louis Pasteur
- 1848 Last Paris concert Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Return to Paris after British tour Frédéric Chopin
- 1849 Summer apartment at Chaillot Frédéric Chopin
- 1849 Final apartment at Place Vendôme Frédéric Chopin
- 1849 Death in Paris Frédéric Chopin
- 1857 Move to Paris and ENS directorship Louis Pasteur
- 1857 Arrives for first Paris stay Leo Tolstoy
- 1858 Laboratory at the École Normale Supérieure Louis Pasteur
- 1861 First foreign journey: Paris Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1867 Chair of organic chemistry at the Sorbonne Louis Pasteur
- 1881 Nikolai Rubinstein funeral service Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1885 Rabies treatment at ENS laboratory Louis Pasteur
- 1888 Pasteur Institute inauguration Louis Pasteur
- 1891 Studies at the Sorbonne Marie Curie
- 1891 Sets out for Paris Marie Curie
- 1892 Seventieth-birthday jubilee Louis Pasteur
- 1895 Final move to Villeneuve-l'Étang Louis Pasteur
- 1895 Marries Pierre Curie in Sceaux Marie Curie
- 1895 Death at Villeneuve-l'Étang Louis Pasteur