Historical figures in Deventer
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1478 to 1848. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Wilhelm Röntgen and Desiderius Erasmus. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Educators, across the Age of Exploration and the Renaissance.
Notable people
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1478
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
René Descartes
in 1632
1 moment here
French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…
Wilhelm Röntgen
in 1848
1 moment here
German experimental physicist who discovered X-rays in 1895 and received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.…
Moments
- 1478 Latin-school education in Deventer Desiderius Erasmus
- 1632 Moves to Deventer René Descartes
- 1848 Family move to Apeldoorn Wilhelm Röntgen