Enlightenment Hall of Fame
Name
___________________________
Occupation
___________________________
Picture
Name _______________________________
Works Cited
From Textbook: Page(s) used =
Additional Resources (write below)
Enlightenment Person
King Charles I
King Charles II
King William III
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Queen Elizabeth I
Denis Diderot
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wollstonecraft
King George III
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Ben Franklin
Marie-Therese Geoffrin
King Louis XVI
Olympe de Gouges
Napoleon Bonaparte
Sir Isaac Newton
Thomas Paine
Occupation
Identification
Rene Descartes
Margaret Cavendish
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Nicolaus Copernicus
Joseph II
Oliver Cromwell
James Madison
Adam Smith
Francis Bacon
Maria Winkelmann
William Harvey
Honors World Studies
ENLIGHTENMENT HALL OF FAME
Due Wednesday, September 2
Overview
As a class, we will be creating an “Enlightenment Hall of Fame” display. You will be
randomly assigned an important person from the Enlightenment time period. You will create the
“Hall of Fame” plaque for your person and give a quick induction speech at our Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony on Friday.
Directions
 After you have randomly selected your person, you will need to conduct some research.
YOU MUST USE AT LEAST TWO SOURCES for your information—your textbook must
be one of them, and then you must use at least one more source (probably a website).
o You must CITE YOUR SOURCES of information. There is a Works Cited form on
the back of this paper. Identify the page(s) of your textbook that you used to
research your person, then also cite your outside sources (full URL of website,
etc.)
o You will see in the directions below that you must include a picture of your
person on your plaque. Be sure to include the source of your photograph on your
Works Cited as well.
 Now it’s time to create your plaque. This will be done on a “Google Apps” Presentation
slide. Your plaque must include the following:
o The person’s full name under “Name” (and their commonly known name, if
applicable).
o Under “Occupation”, what they did for a living (they might have had multiple
occupations—include all of them). These should be general titles—examples
might be “Military General”, “King”, “Philosopher”, etc.
o In the “Picture” box, you must find a picture of your person on-line and copy it
into the slide. If you can’t find a good picture, you can find pictures that symbolize
your person somehow.
o On the lines provided on the plaque, write a 3-5 sentence summary of your
person, highlighting their important role in / contribution(s) to the Enlightenment
(keep in mind, they might have helped advance the Enlightenment, or they might
have resisted it).
YOUR PLAQUE SHOULD ANSWER THIS SIMPLE QUESTION:
“IF THERE WAS AN ENLIGHTENMENT HALL OF FAME, WHY SHOULD THIS
PERSON BE INDUCTED?”

Finally, you will briefly present your Induction Speech to the class Wednesday. You may
write the contents of your speech below by simply filling in the following information:
“Today, I am inducting ___________________________________________
(name) into the Enlightenment Hall of Fame.
_______________________________________ (name) was a
_____________________________________________________ (occupation)
during the Enlightenment Era. They should be included in the Enlightenment Hall
of Fame because…(summarize their role/contribution to the Enlightenment)
Enlightenment Person
Enlightenment Person
1) King Charles I (England)
3) King Charles II (England)
5) King William III
(England)
6) Thomas Hobbes
8) John Locke
10) Queen Elizabeth I
12) Denis Diderot
14) Baron de Montesquieu
16) Voltaire
2) King George III (England)
4) Thomas Jefferson
6) George Washington
18) Margaret Cavendish
19) Rene Descartes
20) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
21) Thomas Paine
22) Mary Wollstonecraft
23) Robert Boyle
24) Catherine the Great
(Russia)
26) Nicolaus Copernicus
25) Frederick the Great
(Prussia)
27) Joseph II (Austria)
28) Oliver Cromwell
29) James Madison
30) Galileo Galilei
31) Johannes Kepler
32) Adam Smith
33) Francis Bacon
34) Maria Winkelmann
35) William Harvey
7) Ben Franklin
9) Napoleon Bonaparte
11) King Louis XVI (France)
13) Olympe de Gouges
15) Marie-Therese Geoffrin
17) Sir Isaac Newton
Enlightenment Person
King Charles I
Occupation
King of England
Identification
King of England during English Civil War
King Charles II
King of England
King William III
King of England
Thomas Hobbes
Philosopher
King of England placed in power by Parliament as a result of the Restoration; strengthened power of
Parliament
Became King of England during the Glorious Revolution & strengthened ties between king and Parliament;
signed English Bill of Rights
Enlightenment-era thinker who promoted the power of absolute monarchy.
John Locke
Philosopher
Enlightenment-era thinker who said people had three “natural rights”—life, liberty, property
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen of England
Queen of England; one of England’s strongest ruler and made England a world power
Denis Diderot
Writer
Created the first Encyclopedia
Baron de Montesquieu
Writer / politician
Idea of 3 branches of government
Voltaire
Writer
Wrote satires that criticized the French government
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Writer / philosopher
Influenced French Revolution by saying people should choose their own government
Mary Wollstonecraft
Author
Argued for equality of women in England
King George III
King
King during American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson
Writer / politician
Wrote Declaration of Independence; “Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness”
George Washington
General / politician
Led American military during Revolution; 1st President
Ben Franklin
Politician
One of the Framers of Constitution
Marie-Therese Geoffrin
Hostess
Hosted Enlightenment thinkers at her salon
King Louis XVI
King of France
King during French Revolution; overthrown & executed
Olympe de Gouges
Activist / writer
Wrote Declaration of Rights of Woman
Napoleon Bonaparte
General & French emperor
Supported Enlightenment ideas; created French empire
Sir Isaac Newton
Scientist
Theory of gravity; questioned church authority
Thomas Paine
Writer
Wrote Common Sense that sparked many colonists to oppose Britain during Revolution
Rene Descartes
Philosopher
I think, therefore I am; father of modern rationalism; mind and matter are separate
Margaret Cavendish
Philosopher
Published Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy; humans are part of nature, not masters of it
Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Professor
Founder of modern physics; laws of motion and gravity
Galileo Galilei
Mathematician
Johannes Kepler
Mathematician
Invented the telescope and published findings that proved heliocentric theory, among other new ideas;
excommunicated from the church because of his work
Further proved heliocentric theory by showing elliptical orbits by the planets
Catherine the Great
Empress
Frederick the Great
King
Russian; Briefly contemplated imposed ‘enlightened’ laws, but mainly concerned with maintaining power
and expanding territory
Prussian; abolished torture, granted limited free speech and press, and religious toleration
Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathematician
Introduced the heliocentric theory of the universe
Joseph II
King
Austrian; tried many progressive reforms, but lacked support from most of his citizens
Oliver Cromwell
General; Lord Protector
Led New Model Army to defeat Cavaliers; executed Charles I; essentially became a dictator
James Madison
Writer, Philosopher
‘Father of the Constitution’; wrote the Bill of Rights; took detailed notes at the Const Convention
Adam Smith
Economist, Writer
Wealth of Nations; wrote ‘laissez-faire’ should be the role of government
Francis Bacon
Scientist
Scientific Method; inductive reasoning—particular to general
Maria Winkelmann
Astronomer
Famous German astronomer
William Harvey
Scientist
Blood circulation; heart is the beginning point
Robert Boyle
Chemist
Boyle’s Law states the volume of gas varies depending on the pressure exerted on it