Philosophers in Paris

The atlas holds 28 people and 96 moments here, from 1245 to 1985. The most recorded lives are Francis Bacon, Geoffrey Chaucer and Desiderius Erasmus.

Notable people

  1. Francis Bacon

    in 1576

    1 moment here

    English philosopher, lawyer, statesman, Attorney General, and Lord Chancellor under James I.…

  2. Geoffrey Chaucer

    in 1377

    1 moment here

    English poet, courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, best known for The Canterbury Tales. His documented career included military service in France,…

  3. 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…

  4. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1985

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

Moments

  1. 1754 Final visit to Paris Montesquieu
  2. 1755 Death in Paris Montesquieu
  3. 1759 Residence at Château de Montmorency Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  4. 1764 First arrival in Paris Adam Smith
  5. 1765 Paris stay with the Prince of Conti Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  6. 1766 Second Paris residence and intellectual meetings Adam Smith
  7. 1770 Final Paris residence on Rue Platrière Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. 1776 Carriage accident in Paris Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  9. 1778 Returns to Paris after twenty-five years Voltaire
  10. 1778 Attends a performance of Irène Voltaire
  11. 1778 Initiated at Les Neuf Sœurs Voltaire
  12. 1778 Dies in Paris Voltaire
  13. 1784 Arrival as diplomat in Paris Thomas Jefferson
  14. 1789 Present in Paris during Bastille storming Thomas Jefferson
  15. 1827 Visits Paris Charles Darwin
  16. 1827 Trip to Paris Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  17. 1843 Establishes a Paris household Karl Marx
  18. 1844 Second meeting with Marx Friedrich Engels
  19. 1844 Meets Engels at Café de la Régence Karl Marx
  20. 1846 Paris communist organizing Friedrich Engels
  21. 1848 Arrives in revolutionary Paris Karl Marx
  22. 1849 Returns to Paris after expulsion from Prussia Karl Marx
  23. 1857 Arrives for first Paris stay Leo Tolstoy
  24. 1862 Visited Paris on his first European tour Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  25. 1863 Returned to Paris during his second European journey Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  26. 1881 Visits Jenny Longuet in Argenteuil Karl Marx
  27. 1882 Stays again in Argenteuil Karl Marx
  28. 1882 Takes daily treatments at Enghien Karl Marx
  29. 1905 Birth in Paris Jean-Paul Sartre
  30. 1920 Guest of Albert Kahn near Paris Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 1922 Debates Bergson in Paris Albert Einstein
  32. 1924 Entered the École normale supérieure Jean-Paul Sartre
  33. 1931 Leaves London and speaks in Paris Mahatma Gandhi
  34. 1937 Teaching in Paris before the war Jean-Paul Sartre
  35. 1940 Move to Paris for Paris-Soir Albert Camus
  36. 1941 Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral Jean-Paul Sartre
  37. 1941 Teaching at Lycée Condorcet Jean-Paul Sartre
  38. 1943 Return to Paris and Resistance work Albert Camus
  39. 1945 Postwar residence in Paris Albert Camus
  40. 1945 Moved to rue Bonaparte Jean-Paul Sartre
  41. 1962 Studio at 222 boulevard Raspail Jean-Paul Sartre
  42. 1968 Arrest during the May 1968 strikes Jean-Paul Sartre
  43. 1970 Speech outside Renault Billancourt Jean-Paul Sartre
  44. 1979 Boat-people appeal at the Élysée Palace Jean-Paul Sartre
  45. 1980 Death in Paris Jean-Paul Sartre
  46. 1985 Paris state-visit appearance Raisa Gorbacheva

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