Boston in the Space Age

The atlas holds 40 people and 53 moments here, from 1957 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Sydney Brenner, Jorge Luis Borges and Benazir Bhutto.

Notable people

  1. Abebe Bikila

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…

  2. Ada Yonath

    in 1970

    1 moment here

    Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…

  3. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    in 1978

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…

  4. Allan MacLeod Cormack

    from 1957 to 1998

    2 moments here

    South African-born American physicist and academic whose mathematical work helped establish computed tomography.…

  5. Andy Warhol

    in 1966

    1 moment here

    American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…

  6. Anthony Quinn

    from 1977 to 2001

    2 moments here

    Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…

  7. Benazir Bhutto

    in 1969

    2 moments here

    Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…

  8. Benigno Aquino III

    from 1981 to 2014

    2 moments here

    Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines from 2010…

  9. Bob Marley

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Wailers made reggae an international musical force.…

  10. Carl Sagan

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…

  11. Carrie Fisher

    in 2008

    1 moment here

    Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…

  12. Chien-Shiung Wu

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…

  13. Chinua Achebe

    in 2013

    1 moment here

    Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…

  14. Corazon Aquino

    in 1982

    1 moment here

    María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…

  15. Derek Walcott

    from 1981 to 2007

    2 moments here

    Saint Lucian poet, playwright, painter, and teacher who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature.…

  16. Desmond Tutu

    in 2002

    1 moment here

    South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…

  17. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

  18. Douglas Adams

    in 1984

    1 moment here

    English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…

  19. Elizabeth Taylor

    in 1983

    1 moment here

    British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…

  20. I. M. Pei

    in 1994

    1 moment here

    Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…

  21. Jacques Derrida

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    French philosopher, born Jackie Élie Derrida, associated with deconstruction. His career moved from Algeria and Paris to recurrent teaching and…

  22. Jorge Luis Borges

    from 1967 to 1968

    2 moments here

    Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

  23. Judy Garland

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…

  24. Kenneth Kaunda

    in 2002

    1 moment here

    Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…

Moments

  1. 1957 Move to Tufts University Allan MacLeod Cormack
  2. 1957 Marriage in Boston Jacques Derrida
  3. 1958 Cutter Lecture at Harvard Macfarlane Burnet
  4. 1963 Harvard and Smithsonian appointment Carl Sagan
  5. 1963 Boston Marathon Abebe Bikila
  6. 1964 Speech on gender discrimination at MIT Chien-Shiung Wu
  7. 1965 Harvard summer seminar Kenzaburō Ōe
  8. 1965 Radcliffe College conversation P. L. Travers
  9. 1965 Week of lectures at MIT Dorothy Hodgkin
  10. 1966 Radcliffe College interview P. L. Travers
  11. 1966 Attends Institute of Contemporary Art survey opening Andy Warhol
  12. 1967 Norton Lectures at Harvard Jorge Luis Borges
  13. 1967 Free concert on Boston Common Judy Garland
  14. 1968 Continuation of Norton Lectures Jorge Luis Borges
  15. 1969 Begins undergraduate study at Harvard Benazir Bhutto
  16. 1969 Vietnam-war protest Benazir Bhutto
  17. 1969 Visiting lecturer at Harvard University Nadine Gordimer
  18. 1970 Second postdoctoral appointment at MIT Ada Yonath
  19. 1971 Management study at MIT Sloan Kofi Annan
  20. 1971 Cambridge visit Léopold Sédar Senghor
  21. 1974 Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard Octavio Paz
  22. 1977 The Red Devil Battery Sign in Boston Anthony Quinn
  23. 1978 Harvard commencement address Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  24. 1979 Amandla Festival headline performance Bob Marley
  25. 1981 Joined family in exile Benigno Aquino III
  26. 1981 Arrival at Boston University Derek Walcott
  27. 1982 Exile residence in Boston Corazon Aquino
  28. 1983 Visiting fellowship at Harvard Kim Dae-jung
  29. 1983 Private Lives pre-Broadway run Elizabeth Taylor
  30. 1984 Visited Infocom's Boston offices Douglas Adams
  31. 1987 Procter and Gamble Lecture Sydney Brenner
  32. 1990 Massey lectures at Harvard Toni Morrison
  33. 1991 Wellcome Visiting Professorship Sydney Brenner
  34. 1992 Boston University commencement keynote Mario Vargas Llosa
  35. 1994 MIT Louvre conversation I. M. Pei
  36. 1995 F. A. Bourke Lecture Sydney Brenner
  37. 1995 United States tour performance in Boston Mercedes Sosa
  38. 1997 Return to Macworld as interim CEO Steve Jobs
  39. 1998 Death at home in Winchester Allan MacLeod Cormack
  40. 1999 Begins graduate study at Harvard Maryam Mirzakhani
  41. 2001 Harvard degree ceremony with Noam Chomsky Kenzaburō Ōe
  42. 2001 Death in Boston Anthony Quinn
  43. 2001 Death in Boston Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
  44. 2002 Teaching at Episcopal Divinity School Desmond Tutu
  45. 2002 African President-in-Residence Kenneth Kaunda
  46. 2003 Harvard Merit Fellowship Maryam Mirzakhani
  47. 2007 Retirement from Boston University Derek Walcott
  48. 2008 Wishful Drinking in Boston Carrie Fisher
  49. 2008 Kennedy School speech Kim Dae-jung
  50. 2013 Death after illness Chinua Achebe

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