Scientists in White House

The atlas holds 12 people and 26 moments here, from 1789 to 2009. The most recorded lives are Margaret Thatcher, Helen Keller and Charles Dickens.

Notable people

1. Margaret Thatcher

   from 1975 to 2006

   5 moments here

   British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

2. Helen Keller

   from 1886 to 1961

   4 moments here

   Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

3. Charles Dickens

   from 1842 to 1868

   3 moments here

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

4. Raisa Gorbacheva

   from 1987 to 1990

   3 moments here

   Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

5. Marie Curie

   from 1921 to 1929

   2 moments here

   Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…

6. Mikhail Gorbachev

   from 1987 to 1990

   2 moments here

   Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

7. Stephen Hawking

   from 2008 to 2009

   2 moments here

   English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

8. Albert Einstein

   in 1921

   1 moment here

   German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

9. George Washington

   in 1789

   1 moment here

   George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…

10. Thomas Edison

    in 1878

    1 moment here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

11. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1901

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

12. Kofi Annan

    in 1998

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

Moments

1. 1789 Received in Alexandria George Washington
2. 1842 Calls on President Tyler Charles Dickens
3. 1868 Meets President Andrew Johnson Charles Dickens
4. 1868 Reads before the president Charles Dickens
5. 1878 Demonstrates phonograph in Washington Thomas Edison
6. 1886 Visit to Washington after Baltimore consultation Helen Keller
7. 1893 Visit to Washington during Cleveland inauguration Helen Keller
8. 1901 Dinner with Booker T. Washington Theodore Roosevelt
9. 1921 Visits the White House Albert Einstein
10. 1921 Receives radium at the White House Marie Curie
11. 1925 AFB address in Washington Helen Keller
12. 1929 Appears with President Hoover on second U.S. tour Marie Curie
13. 1961 Visit with President Kennedy Helen Keller
14. 1975 Meeting President Ford Margaret Thatcher
15. 1975 National Press Club address Margaret Thatcher
16. 1981 First Reagan White House visit Margaret Thatcher
17. 1987 Washington Summit and INF Treaty Mikhail Gorbachev
18. 1987 White House state-visit reception Raisa Gorbacheva
19. 1990 Washington Summit and Camp David Mikhail Gorbachev
20. 1990 Arrives for Washington Summit Raisa Gorbacheva
21. 1990 Library of Congress visit Raisa Gorbacheva
22. 1995 National Press Club memoir speech Margaret Thatcher
23. 1998 Press conference at the National Press Club Kofi Annan
24. 2006 Pentagon memorial visit Margaret Thatcher
25. 2008 NASA fiftieth-anniversary lecture Stephen Hawking
26. 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom Stephen Hawking

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