Scientists in Venice

The atlas holds 9 people and 13 moments here, from 1321 to 1844. The most recorded lives are Giordano Bruno, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Notable people

  1. Giordano Bruno

    from 1591 to 1592

    3 moments here

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

  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    from 1786 to 1790

    2 moments here

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

  3. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    from 1689 to 1690

    2 moments here

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

  4. Leonardo da Vinci

    in 1500

    1 moment here

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

  5. Dante Alighieri

    in 1321

    1 moment here

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

  6. Galileo Galilei

    in 1592

    1 moment here

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

  7. Charles Dickens

    in 1844

    1 moment here

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

  8. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    in 1743

    1 moment here

    Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…

  9. Montesquieu

    in 1728

    1 moment here

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

Moments

  1. 1321 Undertook an embassy to Venice Dante Alighieri
  2. 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
  3. 1591 Arrival in Venice Giordano Bruno
  4. 1592 Mocenigo residence in Venice Giordano Bruno
  5. 1592 Imprisonment at San Domenico di Castello Giordano Bruno
  6. 1592 Sought the Padua chair in Venice Galileo Galilei
  7. 1689 First Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  8. 1690 Second Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  9. 1728 Letter from Venice Montesquieu
  10. 1743 Embassy secretary in Venice Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  11. 1786 Takes lodgings in Venice Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  12. 1790 Makes second Italian journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  13. 1844 Experiences Venice Charles Dickens

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