Scientists in London
The atlas holds 29 people and 123 moments here, from 1374 to 2015. The most recorded lives are Charles Dickens, Margaret Thatcher and Karl Marx.
Notable people
Adam Smith
from 1764 to 1777
5 moments here
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…
Albert Einstein
from 1921 to 1933
2 moments here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Benjamin Franklin
from 1724 to 1764
3 moments here
American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…
Charles Darwin
from 1829 to 1882
8 moments here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charles Dickens
from 1815 to 1870
18 moments here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1889
1 moment here
Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1937
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Francis Bacon
from 1561 to 1626
8 moments here
English philosopher, lawyer, statesman, Attorney General, and Lord Chancellor under James I.…
Friedrich Engels
from 1843 to 1895
8 moments here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Geoffrey Chaucer
from 1374 to 1400
6 moments here
English poet, courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, best known for The Canterbury Tales. His documented career included military service in France,…
Giordano Bruno
from 1583 to 1584
2 moments here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1673 to 1676
2 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Helen Keller
from 1930 to 1946
5 moments here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
James Cook
in 1762
1 moment here
British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer whose surveys of Newfoundland and three Pacific voyages transformed European geographic knowledge of…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1766
2 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
John Locke
from 1647 to 1702
6 moments here
English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
Joseph Stalin
in 1907
1 moment here
Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1936 to 1972
3 moments here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Karl Marx
from 1845 to 1883
9 moments here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Li Keqiang
in 2014
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Louis Pasteur
in 1881
1 moment here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Margaret Thatcher
from 1959 to 2013
11 moments here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Marie Curie
in 1903
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Michael Faraday
from 1791 to 1860
9 moments here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Moments
- 1374 Residence above Aldgate Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1386 Member of the Wonderful Parliament Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1390 Robbed at Hatcham Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1390 Robbed at Westminster Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1399 Residence in the Westminster Abbey close Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1400 Death in London Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1561 Birth at York House Francis Bacon
- 1576 Admission to Gray's Inn Francis Bacon
- 1579 Residence for legal study Francis Bacon
- 1583 Residence at Castelnau's London house Giordano Bruno
- 1584 Ash Wednesday discussion at Whitehall Giordano Bruno
- 1600 Essex hearing at York House Francis Bacon
- 1601 Counsel at the Essex treason trial Francis Bacon
- 1606 Marriage to Alice Barnham Francis Bacon
- 1621 Imprisonment in the Tower Francis Bacon
- 1626 Death at Arundel House Francis Bacon
- 1647 Westminster School education John Locke
- 1651 Return to London and private life in Fetter Lane Thomas Hobbes
- 1660 Encounter with Charles II in the Strand Thomas Hobbes
- 1667 Residence at Exeter House John Locke
- 1673 First London visit and Royal Society demonstration Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1676 Second London visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1679 Arrival in London after French travels John Locke
- 1689 Residence at Dorset Court John Locke
- 1689 Return voyage with Princess Mary John Locke
- 1702 Final visit to London John Locke
- 1724 Journeyman printer in London Benjamin Franklin
- 1729 Arrival in London Montesquieu
- 1730 Initiation at Horn Tavern Lodge Montesquieu
- 1757 London colonial agency Benjamin Franklin
- 1762 Returns to England and marries in London James Cook
- 1764 Departure from Glasgow for London Adam Smith
- 1764 Second London mission Benjamin Franklin
- 1766 Arrival in London Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1766 Stay at Chiswick Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1766 Return to London from France Adam Smith
- 1773 London research and writing Adam Smith
- 1774 London residence while finishing The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
- 1777 London lodgings in Suffolk Street Adam Smith
- 1791 Birth at Newington Butts Michael Faraday
- 1804 Bookbinder's apprenticeship Michael Faraday
- 1812 Humphry Davy lectures Michael Faraday
- 1813 Chemical Assistant appointment Michael Faraday
- 1813 Departure on Continental tour Michael Faraday
- 1815 Moves to Norfolk Street Charles Dickens
- 1815 Return to the Royal Institution Michael Faraday
- 1822 Moves to Bayham Street Charles Dickens
- 1824 Visits his family in the Marshalsea Charles Dickens
- 1824 Works at Warren's Blacking Warehouse Charles Dickens
- 1825 Attends Wellington House Academy Charles Dickens