Enlightenment
This man was the father of rationalism
Who is Rene Decartes?
This French king believed in absolute monarchy and was a leader for divine rights of kings throughout Europe.
Who is Louis XIV?
He is considered the father of medicine.
Who is Hippocrates?
This man theorized that the earth revolves around the sun, not the sun around the earth.
Who is Copernicus?
This Englishman discovered the first vaccine, a weakened form of smallpox, called cowpox, that prevented the disease and saved lives.
Who is Edward Jenner?
This man was the father of empiricism
Who is John Locke?
This English ruler was the first in a line of rulers who refused to work with Parliament.
Who is Charles I?
He is considered the father of geometry.
Who is Euclid?
This man used a telescope to support Copernicus's ideas.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This doctor first stated that the body is mostly chemicals and should be treated with chemicals.
Who is Paracelsus?
This man believed the Bible was only a historical artifact and not relevant for everyday life or philosophy.
Who is Benedict de Spinoza.
This man, appointed to lead Parliament's army, led England after the English Civil War.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This early Greek astronomer and geographer determind the distance around the earth.
Who is Eratostenes?
This man discovered the planet Uranus and built a 40 foot long telescope.
Who is Sir William Herschel?
This doctor studied human anatomy by dissecting bodies.
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
This is the idea that all truth can be found only in human reason. "I think; therefore, I am."
What is rationalism?
This married couple took the throne from James II without bloodshed.
Who is William of Orange and Mary?
This Dominican friar played an important role in introducing Muslim documents from Greece and Rome into medieval universities.
Who is Albert the Great?
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?
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?
This belief says that truth can only be found through experience, through what can be seen, heard, smelt, felt, and tasted.
What is empiricism?
These two queens were powerful monarchs in both Austria and Russia.
Who are Maria Theresa and Catherine the Great?
This medieval scientitist made significant contributions to physics, geography, and optics.
Who is Roger Bacon?
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?
This chemist wrote The sceptical Chymist, which has become foundational for modern chemistry. He also defended Christianity.
Who is Robert Boyle?