Kent in the Industrial Revolution

The atlas holds 5 people and 9 moments here, from 1766 to 1840. The most recorded lives are Charles Dickens, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Jane Austen.

Charles Dickens
from 1837 to 1840
2 moments here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Heinrich Heine
in 1827
2 moments here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Jane Austen
from 1794 to 1796
2 moments here
English novelist Jane Austen spent her life in southern England, principally in Hampshire, Bath, Southampton, Chawton, and Winchester.…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
from 1766 to 1767
2 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Queen Victoria
in 1835
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…