Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

male, deceased (1778)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French...

William Smith

male
William Smith was an eighteenth and nineteenth century congressman from Virginia. Born in Chesterfield, Virginia, Smith completed preparatory...
Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

male, deceased (1797)
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 - 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the...

Jeremy Black

male, 54 years old
Jeremy Black (born 30 October, 1955) MBE is British historian and a Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is a senior fellow at the...
Robert Darnton

Robert Darnton

male, 70 years old
Robert Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian, recognized as a leading expert on eighteenth century France. He graduated...
Gordon S. Wood

Gordon S. Wood

male, 76 years old
Gordon S. Wood (born 1933) is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University and the recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer...

John Alexander

male, 409 years old
John Alexander (died about 1733) was a Scottish painter and engraver of the eighteenth century. Alexander was the son of a clergyman, and was...

Elizabeth

female
Elizabeth Wilson (b. ca. 1762-d. 3 Jan 1786) became a figure in the folklore of southeastern Pennsylvania in the late Eighteenth and early...
Anthony Grafton

Anthony Grafton

male (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
Anthony Grafton (sometimes Anthony T. Grafton) (born 21 May 1950) is a Jewish American historian and the current Henry Putnam University Professor...
William Pitt The Younger

William Pitt The Younger

male, deceased (1806)
William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 - 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He served...