This is a development preview of our digital recreation of Joseph Priestley's full Chart of Biography. It shows when important figures in history lived and died. Our digital recreation, which closely resembles the original, is generated algorithmically based on data from Priestley's book on the subject. When fully developed, the digital chart of biography will represent a wide variety of historical data. It will support several kinds of quantitative and geographic analysis. And it will allow the user to determine different kinds of organization, grouping historical figures for example, by language, country of origin, education, and so forth.
Hover over a name in the digital recreation to see name and lifespan data. Click on a name to see the record in Priestley's Original Text and view their Wikipedia page at the bottom of the chart. Use the list on the Actions menu to filter which names are drawn on the chart.
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3 starting dots
3 starting dots and 2 ending
1 dot beneath beginning
1 dot beneath ending
1 dot end
3 starting dots and 1 ending 1 dot beneath ending 2
Seven dots 1 dot end 2Click on a name to view their Wikipedia page. If there is not one, no link will be provided
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