Historical figures in Buckinghamshire

The atlas holds 10 people and 13 moments here, from 1554 to 1996. The most recorded lives are Elizabeth I, Abebe Bikila and George Orwell. Among them Writers and Royalty, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

1. Abebe Bikila

   from 1969 to 1970

   2 moments 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. Chinua Achebe

   in 1990

   1 moment here

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

3. Elizabeth I

   from 1554 to 1602

   3 moments here

   Elizabeth I (1533–1603), daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death.…

4. Elizabeth Taylor

   in 1960

   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…

5. George Orwell

   in 1933

   1 moment here

   George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…

6. John Milton

   in 1665

   1 moment here

   English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…

7. Katherine Mansfield

   in 1913

   1 moment here

   Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, later Murry) was a New Zealand modernist short-story writer, poet, critic and diarist.…

8. Muammar Gaddafi

   in 1966

   1 moment here

   Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…

9. Richard Nixon

   in 1970

   1 moment here

   Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

10. Stanley Kubrick

    in 1996

    1 moment here

    American filmmaker and photographer whose career began in New York photojournalism, expanded through Hollywood productions and European location…

Moments

1. 1554 Departure from Ashridge for interrogation Elizabeth I
2. 1592 Visit to Bisham Elizabeth I
3. 1602 Final royal progress to Harefield Elizabeth I
4. 1665 Plague refuge at Milton's Cottage John Milton
5. 1913 Cholesbury cottage Katherine Mansfield
6. 1933 Teacher at Frays College George Orwell
7. 1960 Cleopatra production at Pinewood Studios Elizabeth Taylor
8. 1966 Training at Wilton Park Muammar Gaddafi
9. 1969 Transfer to Stoke Mandeville Hospital Abebe Bikila
10. 1970 Stoke Mandeville wheelchair games Abebe Bikila
11. 1970 Meeting at Chequers Richard Nixon
12. 1990 Treatment after automobile crash Chinua Achebe
13. 1996 Eyes Wide Shut production at Pinewood Stanley Kubrick

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