Historical figures in Staffordshire
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1766 to 1934. The most recorded lives are Rabindranath Tagore, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Dorothy Hodgkin. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Philosophers, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1934
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1766
1 moment here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1912
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Moments
- 1766 Residence at Wootton Hall Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1912 Rural retreat at Butterton Rabindranath Tagore
- 1934 Thermal-bath treatment in Buxton Dorothy Hodgkin