Writers in London
The atlas holds 68 people and 315 moments here, from 1374 to 2015. The most recorded lives are Charles Dickens, John Milton and Freddie Mercury.
Notable people
Nelson Mandela
from 1962 to 2000
3 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Oscar Wilde
from 1881 to 1895
13 moments here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1862
1 moment here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1919
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Paul Walker
from 2009 to 2013
2 moments here
Paul William Walker IV was an American actor best known for playing Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.…
Prince
from 2006 to 2014
3 moments here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
from 1861 to 1893
3 moments here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Rabindranath Tagore
from 1879 to 1912
2 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Richard Wagner
in 1855
1 moment here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Ronald Reagan
from 1982 to 1989
4 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Rudyard Kipling
from 1889 to 1936
3 moments here
English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Salvador Dalí
from 1936 to 1938
2 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Sarah Bernhardt
from 1879 to 1882
2 moments here
French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Sigmund Freud
from 1938 to 1939
4 moments here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Stephen Hawking
from 2012 to 2015
2 moments here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Thomas Hobbes
from 1651 to 1660
2 moments here
English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…
Thomas Jefferson
in 1786
1 moment here
Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…
Thomas More
from 1478 to 1535
10 moments here
English lawyer, humanist author, royal councillor, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Lord Chancellor under…
Voltaire
from 1726 to 1727
3 moments here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
William Shakespeare
from 1592 to 1614
11 moments here
English playwright, poet, actor, and theatrical shareholder. Surviving records place Shakespeare principally in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, with…
Moments
- 1791 Birth at Newington Butts Michael Faraday
- 1796 Journey through London to Rowling Jane Austen
- 1799 Medical treatment at Sloane Terrace Lord Byron
- 1799 Schooling at Dulwich Lord Byron
- 1801 Harrow School Lord Byron
- 1803 Schooling at Eagle House, Wimbledon Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1804 Return to Harrow Lord Byron
- 1804 Bookbinder's apprenticeship Michael Faraday
- 1805 Eton v Harrow match at Lord's Lord Byron
- 1809 First seat in the House of Lords Lord Byron
- 1809 Departure for the Continent Lord Byron
- 1811 Stay with Henry in London Jane Austen
- 1812 Luddite speech in the House of Lords Lord Byron
- 1812 Humphry Davy lectures Michael Faraday
- 1812 Catholic-emancipation speech Lord Byron
- 1813 Chemical Assistant appointment Michael Faraday
- 1813 London visit to Eliza de Feuillide Jane Austen
- 1813 Departure on Continental tour Michael Faraday
- 1814 London stay with Henry Jane Austen
- 1815 Moves to Norfolk Street Charles Dickens
- 1815 Return to the Royal Institution Michael Faraday
- 1815 Nursing Henry in London Jane Austen
- 1815 Visit to the Prince Regent's Library Jane Austen
- 1816 Boarding school in Chelsea Edgar Allan Poe
- 1817 Manor House School Edgar Allan Poe
- 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
- 1827 First Christmas Lecture Michael Faraday
- 1827 Clerks at Gray's Inn Charles Dickens
- 1829 Reports at Doctors' Commons Charles Dickens
- 1829 Discusses beetles in London Charles Darwin
- 1830 Becomes a British Museum reader Charles Dickens
- 1831 Work at the Royal Institution Michael Faraday
- 1834 Takes rooms at Furnival's Inn Charles Dickens
- 1836 Marries at St Luke's Church Charles Dickens
- 1837 Moves to London scientific circles Charles Darwin
- 1837 Establishes home in Doughty Street Charles Dickens
- 1837 Recovers at Hampstead Heath Charles Dickens
- 1838 Moves into Upper Gower Street Charles Darwin
- 1839 Moves to Devonshire Terrace Charles Dickens
- 1843 Visit to German communists Friedrich Engels
- 1844 Visits Kew Gardens Charles Darwin
- 1845 Research journey to London Friedrich Engels
- 1845 Studies and meets Chartists in London Karl Marx
- 1847 First Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
- 1847 Arrives in London Hans Christian Andersen
- 1847 Conducts I masnadieri premiere Giuseppe Verdi
- 1847 Meets Charles Dickens Hans Christian Andersen