Historical figures in Münster

The atlas holds 5 people and 6 moments here, from 1843 to 1999. The most recorded lives are Raisa Gorbacheva, Pope Benedict XVI and Ernest Rutherford. Among them Educators, Philosophers and Political Leaders, across the Interwar Period and the Space Age.

Notable people

1. David Hilbert

   in 1925

   1 moment here

   German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…

2. Ernest Rutherford

   in 1932

   1 moment here

   New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

3. Heinrich Heine

   in 1843

   1 moment here

   German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…

4. Pope Benedict XVI

   in 1963

   1 moment here

   Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…

5. Raisa Gorbacheva

   in 1999

   2 moments here

   Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

Moments

1. 1843 Germany journey at Münster Heinrich Heine
2. 1925 Lecture on the infinite David Hilbert
3. 1932 Scientific gathering in Münster Ernest Rutherford
4. 1963 Move to the University of Münster Pope Benedict XVI
5. 1999 Leukemia treatment in Münster Raisa Gorbacheva
6. 1999 Death in Münster Raisa Gorbacheva

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