University of Virginia in the Space Age
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1957 to 1992. The most recorded lives are William Faulkner, Jorge Luis Borges and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Notable people
Carl Sagan
in 1992
1 moment here
American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1967
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Lyndon B. Johnson
in 1972
1 moment here
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) was a Texas-born teacher, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 36th president of the United States.…
William Faulkner
from 1957 to 1958
2 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…
Moments
- 1957 First University of Virginia residency William Faulkner
- 1958 Second University of Virginia residency William Faulkner
- 1967 Writer-in-residence presence at University of Virginia Jorge Luis Borges
- 1972 Heart attack while visiting daughter Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1992 Independence Day remarks at Monticello Carl Sagan