The Beginning and Evolution of Creativity

Thomas Hobbes

Apr 5, 1588

First major figure to recognize how importantant imagination is in human thought and planning and how constructive it is.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jun 28, 1712

Romanticisim - became the source of an artisitc counterthrust to scientific rationalism.

Adam Smith

Jun 5, 1723

Philosopher during the enlightenment period. He wrote the classic work "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations."

Charles Darwin

Feb 12, 1809

Adaptation, Diversity, and Natural Selection: Empirical Formula for Creativity.

Francis Gaulton

Feb 16, 1822

Eugenics - a deliberate program to scientifically increase British talent.

Catherine Cox

May 20, 1890

conducted her dissertation on a study that was planned as an extension on Terman's (1917) own method of estimating Galton's IQ to a smaple of individuals achieving eminence between 1450 and 1850.