Otto von Guericke vs Thomas Hobbes
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Compare the life timelines of Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) and Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 77 years, from 1602 to 1679.
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Otto von Guericke (1602–1686)
- — Born in Magdeburg Verified
- — Studied law, mathematics, and engineering at Leipzig, Jena, and Leiden Verified
- — Survived the Sack of Magdeburg Verified
- — Elected mayor of Magdeburg Verified
- — Invented the vacuum pump Verified
- — Performed the Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration Verified
- — Built an early electrostatic generator Verified
- — Published Experimenta Nova Magdeburgica Verified
- — Retired to Hamburg Verified
- — Died in Hamburg 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