A Specimen of a Chart of Biography

Joseph Priestley's Specimen of a Chart of Biography shows when important figures in history lived and died. Our digital re-creation, which closely resembles the original, is generated algorithmically on the basis of data from Priestley's book on the subject. View our re-creation of the full Chart of Biography here.

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.