Scientists in Paris

The atlas holds 30 people and 102 moments here, from 1377 to 2006. The most recorded lives are J. R. R. Tolkien, Francis Bacon and Dmitri Mendeleev.

Notable people

  1. 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.…

  2. Francis Bacon

    in 1576

    1 moment here

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

  3. Dmitri Mendeleev

    in 1900

    1 moment here

    Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…

  4. Michael Faraday

    in 1813

    1 moment here

    English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…

  5. 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,…

  6. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1985

    1 moment here

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

Moments

  1. 1783 Manned balloon launch Benjamin Franklin
  2. 1784 Meeting with Mirabeau Benjamin Franklin
  3. 1813 Arrival in Paris with Davy Michael Faraday
  4. 1827 Visits Paris Charles Darwin
  5. 1838 Boarding-school attempt in Paris Louis Pasteur
  6. 1843 École Normale Supérieure student Louis Pasteur
  7. 1843 Establishes a Paris household Karl Marx
  8. 1844 Second meeting with Marx Friedrich Engels
  9. 1844 Meets Engels at Café de la Régence Karl Marx
  10. 1846 Paris communist organizing Friedrich Engels
  11. 1846 Moves to Paris Charles Dickens
  12. 1848 Arrives in revolutionary Paris Karl Marx
  13. 1849 Returns to Paris after expulsion from Prussia Karl Marx
  14. 1850 Scientific study in Paris Alfred Nobel
  15. 1857 Move to Paris and ENS directorship Louis Pasteur
  16. 1858 Laboratory at the École Normale Supérieure Louis Pasteur
  17. 1863 Gives readings at the British Embassy Charles Dickens
  18. 1867 Chair of organic chemistry at the Sorbonne Louis Pasteur
  19. 1873 Residence on Avenue de Malakoff Alfred Nobel
  20. 1881 Visits Jenny Longuet in Argenteuil Karl Marx
  21. 1882 Continental Edison employment Nikola Tesla
  22. 1882 Stays again in Argenteuil Karl Marx
  23. 1882 Takes daily treatments at Enghien Karl Marx
  24. 1885 Rabies treatment at ENS laboratory Louis Pasteur
  25. 1888 Pasteur Institute inauguration Louis Pasteur
  26. 1889 Exposition Universelle visit Nikola Tesla
  27. 1889 Tours Europe and Paris Exposition Thomas Edison
  28. 1891 Studies at the Sorbonne Marie Curie
  29. 1891 Sets out for Paris Marie Curie
  30. 1892 Seventieth-birthday jubilee Louis Pasteur
  31. 1895 Final move to Villeneuve-l'Étang Louis Pasteur
  32. 1895 Marries Pierre Curie in Sceaux Marie Curie
  33. 1895 Death at Villeneuve-l'Étang Louis Pasteur
  34. 1895 Signing of the final will Alfred Nobel
  35. 1896 Works in the Paris laboratory Marie Curie
  36. 1898 Moves research into the radium shed Marie Curie
  37. 1900 Active participation in Paris Exposition Dmitri Mendeleev
  38. 1904 Resumes teaching at Sèvres Marie Curie
  39. 1906 Moves her household to Sceaux Marie Curie
  40. 1913 Tutoring journey to Paris J. R. R. Tolkien
  41. 1916 Trains radiology assistants in Paris Marie Curie
  42. 1919 Returns to her completed Radium Institute laboratory Marie Curie
  43. 1921 Attends Paris Opera benefit Marie Curie
  44. 1922 Debates Bergson in Paris Albert Einstein
  45. 1931 Tour of France Helen Keller
  46. 1952 Speech at the Sorbonne Helen Keller
  47. 1976 Visit to France Mikhail Gorbachev
  48. 1977 Second visit to France Mikhail Gorbachev
  49. 1985 State visit to Paris Mikhail Gorbachev
  50. 1985 Paris state-visit appearance Raisa Gorbacheva

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