Pierre Corneille vs Thomas Hobbes
2 of 5 added. Type a name to add another.
Compare the life timelines of Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) and Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1606 to 1679.
Verified event
Unverified event
Approximate (circa) date
Lifespan
Scroll to zoom, drag to pan. Hover events for details. Click a name to open the profile.
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
- — Born in Rouen, Normandy Verified
- — Educated at the Jesuit college in Rouen Verified
- — Licensed as a lawyer Verified
- — First play, the comedy Mélite, staged in Paris Verified
- — Premiere of Le Cid and the ensuing 'Querelle du Cid' Verified
- — Wrote the great tragedies Horace, Cinna, and Polyeucte Verified
- — Married Marie de Lampérière Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Moved from Rouen to Paris Verified
- — Died in Paris 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