Oliver Cromwell vs Thomas Hobbes
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Compare the life timelines of Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) and Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 59 years, from 1599 to 1658.
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Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)
- — Born in Huntingdon, England Verified
- — Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon
- — Led the New Model Army cavalry to victory at Naseby Verified
- — Installed as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Verified
- — Died at Whitehall, London 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
- — Published Leviathan Verified
- — Returned to England and submitted to the Council of State Verified
- — Published verse translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in his late eighties Verified
- — Died at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, aged 91 Verified