Historical figures in Princeton University
The atlas holds 26 people and 53 moments here, from 1769 to 2017. The most recorded lives are Woodrow Wilson, Albert Einstein and Grover Cleveland. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Military Leaders, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Abdus Salam
in 1959
1 moment here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Alan Turing
from 1936 to 1938
2 moments here
English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…
Albert Einstein
from 1921 to 1955
4 moments here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Alexander Hamilton
from 1776 to 1783
3 moments here
American statesman, lawyer, revolutionary officer, constitutional convention delegate, and first U.S. secretary of the treasury.…
Carlos Fuentes
in 2007
1 moment here
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and diplomat. Born in Panama City to a Mexican diplomat, he spent…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1943
1 moment here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Erwin Schrödinger
in 1934
1 moment here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
George Washington
from 1776 to 1789
2 moments here
George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…
Grover Cleveland
from 1897 to 1908
4 moments here
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Hideki Yukawa
from 1939 to 1949
3 moments here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
James Madison
from 1769 to 1771
2 moments here
James Madison (1751–1836) was a Virginia planter, revolutionary politician, delegate to the Continental and Confederation congresses, architect of…
James Monroe
from 1776 to 1784
3 moments here
James Monroe was an American Revolutionary War officer, Virginia politician, diplomat, secretary of state and war, and fifth president of the United…
John Adams
in 1799
1 moment here
American lawyer, revolutionary leader, diplomat, first vice president of the United States, and second U.S. president.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1935
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Le Corbusier
in 1946
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Mark Twain
in 1901
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Maryam Mirzakhani
in 2004
1 moment here
Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1969
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Niels Bohr
in 1943
1 moment here
Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Sydney Brenner
from 1966 to 1977
2 moments here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Thích Nhất Hạnh
in 1961
1 moment here
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. Thích Nhất Hạnh helped develop engaged Buddhism, founded the Plum Village…
Thomas Mann
in 1938
2 moments here
German novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and 1929 Nobel laureate. Born in Lübeck, he lived principally in Munich before exile from Nazi…
Toni Morrison
from 1989 to 2017
4 moments here
Toni Morrison (Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was an American novelist, editor, and professor whose career moved through Ohio, Washington, D.C., New York,…
Tsung-Dao Lee
from 1951 to 1960
3 moments here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist and 1957 Nobel laureate, known for work on parity violation, particle physics, statistical mechanics, and…
Moments
- 1769 Enrollment at the College of New Jersey James Madison
- 1771 Graduation from the College of New Jersey James Madison
- 1776 Artillery command at Trenton Alexander Hamilton
- 1776 Attacks the Trenton garrison George Washington
- 1776 Battle of Trenton James Monroe
- 1776 Retreat across the Delaware James Monroe
- 1777 Battle of Princeton Alexander Hamilton
- 1783 Congress relocates to Princeton Alexander Hamilton
- 1784 Confederation Congress relocation to Trenton James Monroe
- 1789 Stops at Trenton George Washington
- 1799 Arrived at temporary government quarters John Adams
- 1874 Undergraduate transfer to Princeton Woodrow Wilson
- 1890 Princeton faculty chair Woodrow Wilson
- 1896 Family residence near Princeton Woodrow Wilson
- 1897 Retires to Westland Grover Cleveland
- 1901 Speaks at Princeton Mark Twain
- 1901 Retirement correspondence from Princeton Grover Cleveland
- 1902 Residence at Prospect House Woodrow Wilson
- 1902 President of Princeton University Woodrow Wilson
- 1904 Retirement correspondence from Princeton Grover Cleveland
- 1908 Death at Westland Grover Cleveland
- 1921 Lectures at Princeton Albert Einstein
- 1933 Returns permanently to United States Albert Einstein
- 1934 Lectures at Princeton University Erwin Schrödinger
- 1935 Establishes home at 112 Mercer Street Albert Einstein
- 1935 Enrolled at Princeton John F. Kennedy
- 1936 Princeton doctoral study Alan Turing
- 1938 Princeton PhD Alan Turing
- 1938 Settlement and teaching at Princeton Thomas Mann
- 1938 Lecture on Goethe's Faust Thomas Mann
- 1939 Visit to Princeton University Hideki Yukawa
- 1943 Faculty appointment at Princeton Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1943 Institute for Advanced Study visit Niels Bohr
- 1946 Meeting Albert Einstein Le Corbusier
- 1948 Institute for Advanced Study membership Hideki Yukawa
- 1949 Visiting Albert Einstein in Princeton Hideki Yukawa
- 1949 Institute for Advanced Study appointment Yang Chen-Ning
- 1950 Marriage in Princeton Yang Chen-Ning
- 1951 Member at the Institute for Advanced Study Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1955 Dies at Princeton Hospital Albert Einstein
- 1957 Second Institute for Advanced Study membership Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1959 Fellowship at Princeton Abdus Salam
- 1960 Faculty appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1961 Comparative-religion study at Princeton Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1966 Carter-Wallace Lectures Sydney Brenner
- 1969 Visiting lecturer at Princeton University Nadine Gordimer
- 1977 Return for Carter-Wallace Lectures Sydney Brenner
- 1989 Princeton faculty appointment Toni Morrison
- 2004 Doctorate and Princeton appointment Maryam Mirzakhani
- 2007 Spencer Trask Lecture at Princeton Carlos Fuentes