Historical figures in University of Michigan
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1884 to 1972. The most recorded lives are Mark Twain, Jorge Luis Borges and Nadine Gordimer. Among them Writers, Educators and Military Leaders, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Mark Twain
in 1884
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1972
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1970
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Moments
- 1884 Twain–Cable tour reaches Ann Arbor Mark Twain
- 1970 Visiting lecturer at the University of Michigan Nadine Gordimer
- 1972 University of Michigan honorary doctorate Jorge Luis Borges