Historical figures in Moor Park

The atlas holds 9 people and 16 moments here, from 1592 to 1964. The most recorded lives are Jane Austen, Jonathan Swift and Charles Darwin. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Explorers, across the Enlightenment and the Age of Exploration.

Notable people

  1. Arthur Conan Doyle

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…

  2. Charles Darwin

    in 1857

    1 moment here

    English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…

  3. Charlie Chaplin

    in 1894

    1 moment here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

  4. Elizabeth I

    in 1592

    1 moment here

    Elizabeth I (1533–1603), daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death.…

  5. George Eliot

    in 1878

    1 moment here

    Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…

  6. Jane Austen

    from 1775 to 1813

    7 moments here

    English novelist Jane Austen spent her life in southern England, principally in Hampshire, Bath, Southampton, Chawton, and Winchester.…

  7. Jonathan Swift

    from 1688 to 1696

    2 moments here

    Anglo-Irish writer, satirist, political pamphleteer, and Church of Ireland cleric, best known for Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, and A Modest…

  8. Muhammadu Buhari

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…

  9. Prajadhipok

    in 1914

    1 moment here

    Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…

Moments

  1. 1592 Visit to Elvetham Elizabeth I
  2. 1688 Secretary at Moor Park Jonathan Swift
  3. 1696 Returned to Moor Park Jonathan Swift
  4. 1775 Birth at Steventon Jane Austen
  5. 1795 Tom Lefroy's visit at Ashe Jane Austen
  6. 1809 Move to Chawton Cottage Jane Austen
  7. 1811 Visit to Steventon Jane Austen
  8. 1812 Visit to Steventon Jane Austen
  9. 1813 Return to Chawton Jane Austen
  10. 1813 Return to Chawton via London Jane Austen
  11. 1857 Takes treatment at Moor Park Charles Darwin
  12. 1878 Residence at Witley George Eliot
  13. 1894 Makes childhood stage appearance Charlie Chaplin
  14. 1897 Residence at Undershaw Arthur Conan Doyle
  15. 1914 Royal Horse Artillery service at Aldershot Prajadhipok
  16. 1964 Mechanical Transport Officer's Course Muhammadu Buhari

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