Educators in Warsaw

The atlas holds 4 people and 10 moments here, from 1810 to 1925. The most recorded lives are Frédéric Chopin, Marie Curie and Leo Tolstoy.

Frédéric Chopin
from 1810 to 1830
5 moments here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Marie Curie
from 1867 to 1925
3 moments here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Leo Tolstoy
in 1857
1 moment here
Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
in 1892
1 moment here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…