 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Who • What • Where • When
Who → Activists •
Actors •
Anarchists •
Architects •
Artists •
Astronauts •
Athletes •
Bankers •
Billionaires •
Chefs •
Chess players •
Christians •
Communists •
Composers •
Conquerors •
Conquistadors •
Crusaders •
Designers •
Dictators •
Directors •
Engineers •
Entrepreneurs •
Explorers •
Founders •
Freemasons •
Historians •
Humanists •
Inventors •
Jurists •
Mechanicians •
Merchants •
Muses •
Musicians •
Muslims •
Outlaws •
Painters •
Philanthropists •
Philosophers •
Photographers •
Pilots •
Pirates •
Polymaths •
Prodigies •
Reformers •
Revolutionaries •
Royalty •
Sailors •
Scientists •
Settlers •
Soldiers •
Statesmen •
Teachers •
Visionaries •
Warriors •
Writers •
Women •
Icons •
People
Scientists → Alchemists •
Anthropologists •
Archaeologists •
Astrologers •
Astronomers •
Biologists •
Botanists •
Cartographers •
Chemists •
Economists •
Geographers •
Geologists •
Mathematicians •
Biochemists •
Geochemists •
Hydrographer •
Meteorologist •
Microbiologist •
Naturalists •
Neurologist •
Opticien •
Philologist •
Physicians •
Physicists •
Psychologists •
Scholars •
Seismologists
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Lin Zexu, courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese scholar and official of the Qing dynasty.
He is most recognized for his conduct and his constant position on the "moral high ground" in his fight, as a "shepherd" of his people, against the o... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
John Harvard was an English minister in America, "a godly gentleman and a lover of learning", whose deathbed bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it was con... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Anna Maria van Schurman was a German-born Dutch painter, engraver, poet, and scholar, who is best known for her exceptional learning and her defense of female education. A highly educated woman by seventeenth century standards, she excelled... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
William Tyndale was an English scholar who became a leading figure in Protestant reform, in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known for his translation of the Bible into English. He was influenced by the work of Desiderius E... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Anna Komnene, Latinized as Comnena, was a Greek princess, scholar, physician, hospital administrator, and the daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos of Byzantium and Irene Doukaina. She wrote the Alexiad, an account of her father’s reign, w... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Al-Khwarizmi was a Persian scholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Around 820 AD he was appointed as the astronomer and head of the library of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad.
Al-Khwarizmi's popularizing treat... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
2022 © Timeline Index |
|