Historical figures in Edinburgh
The atlas holds 34 people and 68 moments here, from 1706 to 2012. The most recorded lives are David Hume, Adam Smith and Arthur Conan Doyle. Among them Writers, Scientists and Political Leaders, across the Space Age and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
Julius Nyerere
from 1949 to 1987
3 moments here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Macfarlane Burnet
from 1954 to 1975
2 moments here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Nelson Mandela
in 1997
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Olav V
in 1962
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Pelé
in 2012
1 moment here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Queen Victoria
in 1842
1 moment here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1877
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 1993
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Yun Ch'iho
in 1910
1 moment here
Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…
Zhou Enlai
in 1921
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…
Moments
- 1930 Marriage to Max Mallowan Agatha Christie
- 1932 Third trip abroad: Scotland Helen Keller
- 1933 Return to Scotland Helen Keller
- 1941 Scottish medical qualification Hastings Banda
- 1949 University of Edinburgh studies Julius Nyerere
- 1954 Price Lecture in Edinburgh Macfarlane Burnet
- 1959 Return visit to Edinburgh Julius Nyerere
- 1962 State visit to Scotland Olav V
- 1975 MacArthur Postgraduate Lecture in Edinburgh Macfarlane Burnet
- 1976 Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Douglas Adams
- 1978 Gifford Lectures John Eccles
- 1987 Constitutional conference opening address Julius Nyerere
- 1993 Edinburgh Medal visit Wangarĩ Maathai
- 1997 Attends Commonwealth meeting in Edinburgh Nelson Mandela
- 1999 Opened the Scottish Parliament Elizabeth II
- 2005 Address to the Scottish Parliament Bingu wa Mutharika
- 2008 T in the Park performance Amy Winehouse
- 2012 Honorary degree Pelé