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Sigmand Fig, dunder of psychoanalysis. Theory of focusing on the unconsious mind, used in therapy. Shaped psychology in modern culture.
Alch man, poPular French author. Famous for 3 musketeers. Wrote historical fictions and transformed historical writings. Made writings more enjoyable by writing novels- reflected other ideas and movements.
Hosophe pen for creating "survival of the fittest, also had a theory and applied social Darwinism
which allowed Laizzez Eaire Studied evolution and synthetic philosophy
Emile Zola
Father of naturalism. Believed in science and hereditary. Wrote around the ugliness of the working class
William Lovett
Activist who led Charist movement. Radical and wanted parliamentary reform.
Millicent Fawcett
Advocated for equal law for women. Passed an act and allowed woment to vote. Made economics more accessible for everyone Sora as "Poor Man's Ear' because he wanted to improve children labor laws, factory conditions. education for the poor and mental asylum conditions
Florence Nightingale
Social reformer known as the founder of modern nursing. Improved hygiene and reduced death rates by establishing school
Charles Lyell
"Father of modern geology" and established geology through uformititarianism saying that Earths features formed by natural causes.
Alfred Russell Wallace
Known for his revolutionary idea of evollution by natural selection without Charles Darwin's
Michael Eraday groundwork for the electrical world through his discoveries of electromagnetism. Induction and
the first electric motor.
zonteRgRamEnventor. Helped create an engine which was smaller and more powerful. Helpec uild motorcycles, and made engines for land sea sky
oung he wore pural social union. Leading protests, and hunger strikes. Wanted equal voting righ ith men Appealing was confidence, and fearlessness Damaging propert
Elizabeth Carat renderst rected from medical schools because of gender. Co
founder of School of medicine for women.
Noverse and journst during the victorian era. Made Oliver Twist and Great expectations. Highlighted and softened the problems going on during the 19th century, advocating for education childlabor and poverty
Friedrich Nietzsche
Proacitive German philosopher known for his radicality. Proposed the will to power, challenging christian morals.
Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish Nationalist, member of British Parliament and the leader of the struggle for Irish Home Rule.
- Claude Monet
Painter and impressionist on the impressionist movement. Womanist.
British man and prime minister. Known for conviction and social and governmental reforms.
Enslaved family.
Rehan pera Composer. Failed but became super famous. Made it more dramatic and got exiled for 15 years, Expanded music.
Giuseppe Verdi
Men are superior. Composer and patriot. Created unity by music
Cherish Maturalist and createstantasies. halasaned. Studied beak sizes
on the food that they eat
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Proacitive German philosopher known for his radicality. Proposed the will to power, challenging christian morals.
Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish Nationalist, member of British Parliament and the leader of the struggle for Irish Home Rule.
-Claude Monet
Painter and impressionist on the impressionist movement. Womanist.
William Gladstone
British man and prime minister. Known for conviction and social and governmental reforms Enslaved family.
Reman Wrag omposer. Failed but became super famous. Made it more dramatic and got exiled for 15 years. Expanded music
Giuseppe Verdi
• Men are superior. Composer and patriot. Created unity by music
Changes naturalist and created natural selection. Wrote a book on how life changed. Studied beak sizes
on the food that they eat...
Joseph Lister
British surgeon, developed surgery. Used acid which cut surgical mortality rates
eat penged overtime. Promoted how body parts become stronger, helped
classify invertebrates, some incorrect but paved the way for Charles darwin. Life evolves.
Discovered radioactivity, helped nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. Made x rays, but
allegedly an immoral person..
Wilhelm Renteplysicist. Won frst noble prize in physics. Laid groundwork for CT scans and
MRI. Wanted everyone to benefit from it freely.
John Archer
Britains first Black Mayor and Labour Party Founder.
Cecil Rhigh&gnate, statesman and imperialist. Shaped Southern Africa and became Prime
Minister of Cape Colony. Racist.
Beniamin. Disraelsful, so started writing novels. He overcame his financial troubles, became prime minister. Social
reforms and expanded their empire and diplomating success. He was a conservative. Diagnosed with a condition and published
Lewis Carroll
English logician, mathematician, photographer and writer. Wrotte Alice in Wonderland and Through the looking glass.
Oscar Wilde
Irish playwright known for his flamboyancy. Influenced the Aesthetic movement advocating for art. Imprisoned for homosexual acts Xiator Hugoc author, Hunchback at Notre Dame, renouned for his poetry.
Famous plays is cromwell, hates slavery
William Talbot
sivelt mange ordiented photorarys negative positive process which enabled multiple prints from a
Pierre-Auguste Renol
French artist. Revolutionary in painting techniques. Expression of joy in classical joys and inspired
Queen Victori
year old queen. "Victorian Era." Close to parliament and had constitutional monarchy. Influence public education. Ran while the empire was at its peak and was seen as great after death.
Elizabeth Fry
Woman reformer. Reformed prisons for women and children's living conditions, "Angel of Prisons," and established schools.
Elizabeth Browning
Victorian poet. Child prodigy and suffered from an illness. Wanted women's rights and hated slavery.
Endan. Regious and loyal. Refused to be silenced. Became the first law in Britian. Allowed women to be appointed to higher positions. Protestant and racist and supported eugenics..
Louise May Alcott
American author. Wrote Little Women inspired by her own family life. Wrote as a reformer to advocate for womens rights.
Science and Medicine
The Victorian era was a period of massive scientific advancement. Sigmund Freud revolutionized psychology by founding psychoanalysis, focusing on the unconscious mind to understand human behavior. In biology, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently developed the theory of evolution by natural selection; Darwin famously studied finch beak sizes to understand environmental adaptation. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck also proposed early theories on evolutionary change, while Charles Lyell established modern geology by proving that Earth's features were formed over long periods by natural causes. In the physical sciences, Michael Faraday laid the groundwork for the modern electrical world through electromagnetism, Marie Curie discovered radioactivity and developed radiotherapy, and Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays, winning the 1^{st} Nobel Prize in Physics. Medical practice was transformed by Joseph Lister, whose use of antiseptic acid significantly cut surgical mortality rates, and Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing who improved hospital hygiene. Elizabeth Blackwell broke gender barriers as the 1^{st} woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and co-founded the London School of Medicine for Women.
Arts and Literature
Literature in the Victorian age often balanced romanticism with social realism. Charles Dickens highlighted issues of education, child labor, and poverty in works like Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. Emile Zola pioneered Naturalism, focusing on how science and heredity influence human behavior, often depicting the harsh realities of the working class. Alexandre Dumas wrote historical fictions such as The 3 Musketeers, while Victor Hugo authored masterpieces like The Hunchback of Notre Dame and championed anti-slavery causes. The Aesthetic movement was led by Oscar Wilde, who promoted "art for art's sake" before his imprisonment for homosexual acts. Poets like Elizabeth Barrett Browning and authors like Louisa May Alcott used their writing to advocate for women’s rights and social reform. In art, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir led the Impressionist movement, while William Henry Fox Talbot revolutionized photography with his negative-positive process. In music, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi expanded operatic drama; Verdi’s work specifically fostered national unity through music.
Politics and Social Reform
The era was defined by Queen Victoria, whose reign saw the British Empire at its peak. Prime Ministers William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli dominated politics; Gladstone was known for liberal governmental reforms, while Disraeli, a Conservative, expanded the empire and social welfare. William Lovett led the radical Chartist movement for parliamentary reform. Women’s rights activists were led by Millicent Fawcett, who used legal channels, and Emmeline Pankhurst, who led militant protests and hunger strikes. Social reformers like Elizabeth Fry, the "Angel of Prisons," improved conditions for women and children in incarcerated settings. John Archer made history as Britain’s 1^{st} Black mayor, and Charles Stewart Parnell led the Irish Nationalist struggle for Home Rule. Meanwhile, Cecil Rhodes acted as a powerful imperialist who shaped Southern Africa while promoting colonial expansion. Lord Shaftesbury (the "Poor Man's Earl") worked to improve child labor laws, factory conditions, and mental asylum treatment.
Philosophy and Sociology
Intellectual thought was influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher who proposed the "will to power" and challenged traditional Christian morals. Herbert Spencer applied evolutionary theory to human society, coining the phrase "survival of the fittest" to justify social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics. These figures collectively navigated a century of radical change, from the industrial revolution to fundamental shifts in global power and moral philosophy.