Enlightenment
Kings and Rulers
Precursers to the Age of Reason
Astronomny in the Age of Reason
Age of Reason
100

This man was the father of rationalism

Who is Rene Decartes?

100

This French king believed in absolute monarchy and was a leader for divine rights of kings throughout Europe.

Who is Louis XIV?

100

He is considered the father of medicine.

Who is Hippocrates?

100

This man theorized that the earth revolves around the sun, not the sun around the earth.

Who is Copernicus?

100

This Englishman discovered the first vaccine, a weakened form of smallpox, called cowpox, that prevented the disease and saved lives.

Who is Edward Jenner?

200

This man was the father of empiricism

Who is John Locke?

200

This English ruler was the first in a line of rulers who refused to work with Parliament.

Who is Charles I?

200

He is considered the father of geometry.

Who is Euclid?

200

This man used a telescope to support Copernicus's ideas.

Who is Galileo Galilei?

200

This doctor first stated that the body is mostly chemicals and should be treated with chemicals.

Who is Paracelsus?

300

This man believed the Bible was only a historical artifact and not relevant for everyday life or philosophy.

Who is Benedict de Spinoza.

300

This man, appointed to lead Parliament's army, led England after the English Civil War.

Who is Oliver Cromwell?

300

This early Greek astronomer and geographer determind the distance around the earth.

Who is Eratostenes?

300

This man discovered the planet Uranus and built a 40 foot long telescope.

Who is Sir William Herschel?

300

This doctor studied human anatomy by dissecting bodies.

Who is Andreas Vesalius?

400

This is the idea that all truth can be found only in human reason.  "I think; therefore, I am."

What is rationalism?

400

This married couple took the throne from James II without bloodshed.

Who is William of Orange and Mary?

400

This Dominican friar played an important role in introducing Muslim documents from Greece and Rome into medieval universities.

Who is Albert the Great?

400

This English astronomer developed a theory that accurately predicted the orbit of comets, including a comet that was later named after him.

Who is Edmund Halley?

400

This Englishman discovered that blood is pumped to the heart, travels through the body in blood vessels, and returns to the heart in the circulatory system.

Who is William Harvey?

500

This belief says that truth can only be found through experience, through what can be seen, heard, smelt, felt, and tasted.

What is empiricism?

500

These two queens were powerful monarchs in both Austria and Russia.

Who are Maria Theresa and Catherine the Great?

500

This medieval scientitist made significant contributions to physics, geography, and optics.

Who is Roger Bacon?

500

Though this man's theory was correct, his evidence was incorrect.  He was at odds with the Church of Rome because of it.

Who is Galileo Galilei?

500

This chemist wrote The sceptical Chymist, which has become foundational for modern chemistry.  He also defended Christianity.

Who is Robert Boyle?

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