Writers in Paris
The atlas holds 73 people and 283 moments here, from 1245 to 2009. The most recorded lives are Sarah Bernhardt, Jean-Paul Sartre and Victor Hugo.
Notable people
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1931
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Mark Twain
from 1867 to 1894
2 moments here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Michael Faraday
in 1813
1 moment here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Molière
from 1622 to 1673
10 moments here
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and theatrical manager.…
Montesquieu
from 1709 to 1755
8 moments here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Oscar Wilde
from 1883 to 1900
5 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
from 1900 to 1965
10 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Petrarch
from 1333 to 1361
2 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Prince
in 2009
2 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 1881
2 moments here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1920
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
René Descartes
from 1616 to 1648
7 moments here
French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…
Richard Wagner
from 1839 to 1859
3 moments 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
2 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Salvador Dalí
from 1926 to 1979
5 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 1844 to 1923
21 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 1885 to 1938
2 moments here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Thomas Aquinas
from 1245 to 1269
4 moments here
Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher. His documented movements connected family residences in southern Italy, Dominican and…
Thomas Edison
in 1889
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Thomas Hobbes
from 1629 to 1647
3 moments here
English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…
Thomas Jefferson
from 1784 to 1789
2 moments here
Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…
Victor Hugo
from 1827 to 1885
10 moments here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Moments
- 1818 Notary-clerk employment Honoré de Balzac
- 1819 Garret in Rue Lesdiguières Honoré de Balzac
- 1821 Birth at rue Hautefeuille Charles Baudelaire
- 1821 Baptism at Saint-Sulpice Charles Baudelaire
- 1823 First visit to Paris Alexandre Dumas
- 1827 Hosts the Romantic Cénacle Victor Hugo
- 1827 Visits Paris Charles Darwin
- 1827 Trip to Paris Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1830 July Revolution fighting Alexandre Dumas
- 1830 Moves to rue Jean-Goujon Victor Hugo
- 1832 Settles at Place Royale Victor Hugo
- 1833 Begins extended stay in Paris Hans Christian Andersen
- 1836 Boarder at Lycée Louis-le-Grand Charles Baudelaire
- 1836 Return from Turin journey Honoré de Balzac
- 1838 Residence at Les Jardies Honoré de Balzac
- 1839 Baccalaureate studies after expulsion Charles Baudelaire
- 1839 Paris residence in exile Richard Wagner
- 1840 Passy residence Honoré de Balzac
- 1842 Return to Paris after the voyage Charles Baudelaire
- 1843 Begins Paris literary season Hans Christian Andersen
- 1843 Residence at Hôtel Pimodan Charles Baudelaire
- 1843 Establishes a Paris household Karl Marx
- 1844 Second meeting with Marx Friedrich Engels
- 1844 Meets Engels at Café de la Régence Karl Marx
- 1844 Birth at rue de l'École-de-Médecine Sarah Bernhardt
- 1846 Paris communist organizing Friedrich Engels
- 1846 Moves to Paris Charles Dickens
- 1847 First law studies in Paris Jules Verne
- 1847 Paris base Giuseppe Verdi
- 1848 Residence at Rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie Jules Verne
- 1848 Arrives in revolutionary Paris Karl Marx
- 1849 Flight through Paris Richard Wagner
- 1849 Chairs the Paris Peace Congress Victor Hugo
- 1849 Residence at Château de Monte-Cristo Alexandre Dumas
- 1849 Returns to Paris after expulsion from Prussia Karl Marx
- 1849 Departure from Paris Giuseppe Verdi
- 1850 Return to Paris after marriage Honoré de Balzac
- 1850 Death in Rue Fortunée townhouse Honoré de Balzac
- 1851 Paris visit with Strepponi Giuseppe Verdi
- 1852 Theatre secretary in Paris Jules Verne
- 1853 Return to Paris and Le Mousquetaire Alexandre Dumas
- 1856 Residence at Hôtel Voltaire Charles Baudelaire
- 1857 Arrives for first Paris stay Leo Tolstoy
- 1859 Return to Paris for Tannhäuser Richard Wagner
- 1860 Studies at the Paris Conservatory Sarah Bernhardt
- 1860 Brief cohabitation in Neuilly-sur-Seine Charles Baudelaire
- 1861 First foreign journey: Paris Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1862 Visited Paris on his first European tour Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1862 Return via Paris Giuseppe Verdi
- 1862 Ambassadorial posting in Paris Otto von Bismarck