Historical figures in Cape Cod
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1849 to 1957. The most recorded lives are Helen Keller, Henry David Thoreau and Sylvia Plath. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Helen Keller
in 1888
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1849
1 moment here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
Sylvia Plath
in 1957
1 moment here
American poet and novelist associated with confessional poetry. Plath’s documented life moved between Massachusetts, New York, Cambridge and London,…
Moments
- 1849 First Cape Cod excursion Henry David Thoreau
- 1888 Summer vacation on Cape Cod Helen Keller
- 1957 Summer on Cape Cod Sylvia Plath