Scientists in Stockholm
The atlas holds 6 people and 11 moments here, from 1649 to 2015. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Alfred Nobel and Marie Curie.
Notable people
René Descartes
from 1649 to 1650
4 moments here
French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…
Alfred Nobel
from 1833 to 1863
3 moments here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Marie Curie
in 1905
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Carl Linnaeus
in 1738
1 moment here
Swedish botanist, physician, and naturalist who formalized binomial nomenclature and devised an influential system for classifying organisms.…
Stephen Hawking
in 2015
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 1984
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Moments
- 1649 Arrives in Stockholm René Descartes
- 1649 Lives in Chanut's Västerlånggatan house René Descartes
- 1650 Tutors Queen Christina at Tre Kronor René Descartes
- 1650 Dies at Chanut's Stockholm residence René Descartes
- 1738 Physician in Stockholm Carl Linnaeus
- 1833 Birth at Norrlandsgatan Alfred Nobel
- 1841 Pupil at Jacobs Apologistic School Alfred Nobel
- 1863 Move to Stockholm for nitroglycerin experiments Alfred Nobel
- 1905 Travels to Stockholm for Nobel obligations Marie Curie
- 1984 Right Livelihood Award acceptance Wangarĩ Maathai
- 2015 Lecture at Stockholm Waterfront Stephen Hawking