Scientists in Rome

The atlas holds 15 people and 39 moments here, from 5 to 1989. The most recorded lives are Galileo Galilei, Seneca the Younger and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Notable people

  1. Galileo Galilei

    from 1611 to 1633

    11 moments here

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

  2. Seneca the Younger

    from 5 to 65

    6 moments here

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…

  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    from 1786 to 1787

    3 moments here

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

  4. Mikhail Gorbachev

    from 1971 to 1989

    3 moments here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  5. Giordano Bruno

    from 1576 to 1600

    3 moments here

    Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

  6. Dante Alighieri

    from 1300 to 1301

    2 moments here

    Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…

  7. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    in 1689

    2 moments here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  8. Montesquieu

    in 1729

    2 moments here

    Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

  9. Leonardo da Vinci

    in 1513

    1 moment here

    Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

  10. Charles Dickens

    in 1845

    1 moment here

    English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

  11. Nicolaus Copernicus

    in 1500

    1 moment here

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

  12. Stephen Hawking

    in 1981

    1 moment here

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

  13. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1870

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  14. Michael Faraday

    in 1814

    1 moment here

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

  15. Helen Keller

    in 1946

    1 moment here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

Moments

  1. 5 Childhood residence and education Seneca the Younger
  2. 31 Return from Egypt Seneca the Younger
  3. 49 Recall to Nero's court Seneca the Younger
  4. 62 Retirement on country estates Seneca the Younger
  5. 65 Death under Nero Seneca the Younger
  6. 65 Imperial sentence at country house outside Rome Seneca the Younger
  7. 1300 Observed Jubilee crowds in Rome Dante Alighieri
  8. 1301 Joined the embassy to Pope Boniface VIII Dante Alighieri
  9. 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
  10. 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
  11. 1576 Lodging at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Giordano Bruno
  12. 1593 Transfer to the Roman Inquisition prison Giordano Bruno
  13. 1600 Execution at Campo de' Fiori Giordano Bruno
  14. 1611 Visited the Collegium Romanum Galileo Galilei
  15. 1611 Worked in Rome with the Linceans Galileo Galilei
  16. 1616 Admonished at Bellarmine's residence Galileo Galilei
  17. 1616 Completed a six-month Roman stay Galileo Galilei
  18. 1624 Arrived in Rome to meet Urban VIII Galileo Galilei
  19. 1624 Received by Pope Urban VIII Galileo Galilei
  20. 1624 Demonstrated a microscope in Rome Galileo Galilei
  21. 1630 Returned to Rome for printing approval Galileo Galilei
  22. 1633 Lodged at the Tuscan embassy in Rome Galileo Galilei
  23. 1633 Abjured at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Galileo Galilei
  24. 1633 Appeared before the Holy Office Galileo Galilei
  25. 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  26. 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  27. 1729 First Roman stay begins Montesquieu
  28. 1729 Return to Rome from Naples Montesquieu
  29. 1786 Arrives in Rome Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  30. 1786 Lives with Tischbein in Via del Corso Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  31. 1787 Begins second Roman residence Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  32. 1814 Writing from Rome Michael Faraday
  33. 1845 Enters Rome through Porta del Popolo Charles Dickens
  34. 1870 Visit to Rome and meeting with Pius IX Theodore Roosevelt
  35. 1946 Postwar visit to Rome Helen Keller
  36. 1971 Delegation visit to Italy Mikhail Gorbachev
  37. 1981 No-boundary presentation at Vatican conference Stephen Hawking
  38. 1984 Berlinguer funeral delegation Mikhail Gorbachev
  39. 1989 Meeting with Pope John Paul II Mikhail Gorbachev

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