Writers in The Hague

The atlas holds 7 people and 14 moments here, from 1630 to 1920. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Voltaire and John Adams.

René Descartes
from 1630 to 1643
5 moments here
French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…
Voltaire
from 1713 to 1740
3 moments here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
John Adams
from 1781 to 1788
2 moments here
American lawyer, revolutionary leader, diplomat, first vice president of the United States, and second U.S. president.…
Karl Marx
in 1872
1 moment here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Sigmund Freud
in 1920
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1676
1 moment here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Montesquieu
in 1729
1 moment here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…