Oxford in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 13 people and 19 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are J. R. R. Tolkien, Rabindranath Tagore and T. S. Eliot.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1931
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
C. V. Raman
in 1921
1 moment here
Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), known for research on light scattering and for the Raman effect.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
from 1928 to 1934
2 moments here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Erwin Schrödinger
in 1933
1 moment here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Hirohito
in 1921
1 moment here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Howard Florey
from 1922 to 1935
2 moments here
Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…
Indira Gandhi
in 1937
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
John Cornforth
in 1939
1 moment here
Australian-British organic chemist and 1975 Nobel Prize laureate, noted for elucidating the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.…
John Eccles
in 1925
1 moment here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1918 to 1930
3 moments here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Rabindranath Tagore
from 1920 to 1930
2 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1929
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
T. S. Eliot
in 1927
2 moments 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
- 1918 Returns to Oxford for dictionary work J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1920 Lectures at Oxford University Rabindranath Tagore
- 1921 Lecture visit to Oxford C. V. Raman
- 1921 Tour of Oxford University Hirohito
- 1922 Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Howard Florey
- 1925 Arrival for Oxford study John Eccles
- 1925 Returns to Oxford as professor J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1927 Anglican baptism T. S. Eliot
- 1927 Anglican confirmation T. S. Eliot
- 1928 Enters Somerville College Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1929 Hibbert Lecture at Oxford Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1930 Move to 20 Northmoor Road J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1930 Delivers the Hibbert Lectures at Oxford Rabindranath Tagore
- 1931 First Christ Church residence Albert Einstein
- 1933 Fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford Erwin Schrödinger
- 1934 Returns to Oxford Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1935 Professor of Pathology at Oxford Howard Florey
- 1937 Somerville College studies Indira Gandhi
- 1939 Doctoral research with Robert Robinson John Cornforth