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Creativity Throughout History

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  • Chaucer uses the word "create"
    Jan 1, 1393

    Chaucer uses the word "create"

    First used in the work 'The Parson's Tale' in 'Canterbury Tales'
  • Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon

    Bacon writes "Advancement of Learning," which became an accepted argument for the importance of empirical investigation
  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes

    Hobbes is the first major figure to recognize how important imagination was in human thought and planning, as well as how constructive it could be, which helped pave the way for discussions during the Enlightenment
  • Research

    The word 'reserch' entered English, meaning deliberate scientific inquiry
  • Royal Society Chartered

    Royal Society Chartered

    The Royal Society was chartered by Charles II, which institutionalized science and scientific research
  • Separation of creativity

    Separation of the idea of 'creativity' from 'genius,' 'originality,' 'talent,' and 'formal education.'
  • Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species"
  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton

    Galton studied empirical methods to measure individual differences