Historical figures in Marburg

The atlas holds 4 people and 4 moments here, from 1529 to 1914. The most recorded lives are Martin Luther, Carl Friedrich Gauss and T. S. Eliot. Among them Educators, Writers and Mathematicians, across the Age of Exploration and the Renaissance.

Notable people

1. Carl Friedrich Gauss

   in 1825

   1 moment here

   German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…

2. Giordano Bruno

   in 1586

   1 moment here

   Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

3. Martin Luther

   in 1529

   1 moment here

   German Augustinian friar, priest, theologian, professor, translator, and leading figure of the Protestant Reformation.…

4. T. S. Eliot

   in 1914

   1 moment here

   Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…

Moments

1. 1529 Meets Zwingli at Marburg Castle Martin Luther
2. 1586 Matriculation at Marburg Giordano Bruno
3. 1825 Journey through Marburg Carl Friedrich Gauss
4. 1914 Summer-program visit T. S. Eliot

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