Ada Lovelace
1852 - London
In London, with her body failing, the woman who saw the potential of computing before anyone else sets down what the numbers meant.
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In London, with her body failing, the woman who saw the potential of computing before anyone else sets down what the numbers meant.
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1852 - London
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1895 - London
Another private life unfolding in London, England.
Confined to her rooms, no longer able to walk the wards, the founder of modern nursing reflects on what reform actually requires.
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1797 - London
Another private life unfolding in London, England.
Weak from childbirth and aware the fever is winning, the author of the first argument for women's rights writes her last account.
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1921 - London
Another private life unfolding in London, England.
In London, with the weight of another departure pressing, the explorer whose greatest achievement was bringing every man home alive prepares for one last voyage.
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1928 - London
Another private life unfolding in London, England.
The woman who led the suffragette movement writes what polite history will refuse to include about the fight for the vote.
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1895 - London
Another private life unfolding in London, England.
Confined to her rooms, no longer able to walk the wards, the founder of modern nursing reflects on what reform actually requires.
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1797 - London
Another private life unfolding in London, England.
Weak from childbirth and aware the fever is winning, the author of the first argument for women's rights writes her last account.
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1921 - London
Another private life unfolding in London, England.
In London, with the weight of another departure pressing, the explorer whose greatest achievement was bringing every man home alive prepares for one last voyage.
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1862 - Hampton Court
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With his memory fraying while institutions claim his work, the man who discovered electromagnetism sets down what the science actually felt like.
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1465 - Mainz
science-and-discovery
A contrasting life shaped by science and discovery.
In Mainz, no longer master of the press that bears no name of his, the man who made the modern world possible reflects on invention, debt, and erasure.
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1859 - Duke Street, Westminster
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With paralysis still lodged in his right side and the Great Eastern listing somewhere he cannot reach, the engineer who thought bigger than anyone reflects on the cost.
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1849 - Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
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In Boulogne-sur-Mer, with the sea air in his lungs and the continent he liberated behind him, a general who chose exile over power reflects on what independence actually meant.
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