Historical figures in Providence
The atlas holds 7 people and 7 moments here, from 1775 to 2009. The most recorded lives are Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe and Chinua Achebe. Among them Writers and Scientists, across the Interwar Period and the Space Age.
Notable people
Anthony Quinn
in 2001
1 moment here
Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…
Charles Dickens
in 1868
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Chinua Achebe
in 2009
1 moment here
Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…
Edgar Allan Poe
in 1848
1 moment here
American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…
Lars Onsager
in 1928
1 moment here
Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Phillis Wheatley
in 1775
1 moment here
Phillis Wheatley Peters was a poet born in West Africa, enslaved in Boston as a child, and the author of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1918
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Moments
- 1775 Writing to George Washington from Providence Phillis Wheatley
- 1848 Lecture in Providence Edgar Allan Poe
- 1868 Reads in Providence Charles Dickens
- 1918 First American recital after emigration Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1928 Instructor at Brown University Lars Onsager
- 2001 Funeral in Providence Anthony Quinn
- 2009 Brown University appointment Chinua Achebe