Nicolas Poussin vs Thomas Hobbes
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Compare the life timelines of Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) and Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 71 years, from 1594 to 1665.
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Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
- — Born near Les Andelys in Normandy Verified
- — Left Normandy for Paris to pursue painting Verified
- — Settled in Rome Verified
- — Painted The Death of Germanicus for Cardinal Francesco Barberini Verified
- — Married Anne-Marie Dughet Verified
- — Painted the second version of Et in Arcadia ego (The Arcadian Shepherds) Verified
- — Returned to Paris as First Painter to King Louis XIII Verified
- — Returned permanently to Rome Verified
- — Painted the Four Seasons cycle, his final major work Verified
- — Died in Rome Verified
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
- — Born in Westport, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Verified
- — Studied at Magdalen Hall, Oxford Verified
- — Became tutor to William Cavendish, beginning a lifelong connection with the Cavendish family Verified
- — Published his English translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War Verified
- — Fled to Paris ahead of the English Civil War Verified
- — Served as mathematics tutor to the future King Charles II in Paris Verified
- — Returned to England and submitted to the Council of State Verified
- — Published Leviathan Verified
- — Published verse translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in his late eighties Verified
- — Died at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, aged 91 Verified