Historical figures in University of Michigan

The atlas holds 7 people and 9 moments here, from 1884 to 1988. The most recorded lives are Gerald Ford, Mark Twain and Jorge Luis Borges. Among them Writers, Educators and Military Leaders, across the Cold War and the Space Age.

Notable people

  1. Gerald Ford

    from 1932 to 1976

    3 moments here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

  2. John Lennon

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…

  3. Jorge Luis Borges

    in 1972

    1 moment here

    Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

  4. Mark Twain

    in 1884

    1 moment here

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…

  5. Nadine Gordimer

    in 1970

    1 moment here

    South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…

  6. Toni Morrison

    in 1988

    1 moment here

    Toni Morrison (Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was an American novelist, editor, and professor whose career moved through Ohio, Washington, D.C., New York,…

  7. Walter Brattain

    in 1931

    1 moment here

    American experimental physicist and co-inventor of the point-contact transistor. Brattain’s documented life moved from his birth in Amoy, China,…

Moments

  1. 1884 Twain–Cable tour reaches Ann Arbor Mark Twain
  2. 1931 Michigan summer school lectures Walter Brattain
  3. 1932 University of Michigan student-athlete Gerald Ford
  4. 1937 Michigan Law summer study Gerald Ford
  5. 1970 Visiting lecturer at the University of Michigan Nadine Gordimer
  6. 1971 John Sinclair Freedom Rally John Lennon
  7. 1972 University of Michigan honorary doctorate Jorge Luis Borges
  8. 1976 General-election campaign launch Gerald Ford
  9. 1988 Turner Lecture on American literature Toni Morrison

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