James of St. George | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Master James of St. Georges – or more formally Jacques de Saint-Georges d’Espéranche – was a Savoyard employed by England’s Edward I to design and build castles to…
Isidore of Miletus | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context A renowned mathematician and engineer even before Justinian I commissioned him to build the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the Greek Isidore of Miletus had a storied career. He…
Gustav Eiffel | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Despite nearly two million visitors hiking up and down the newly-opened Eiffel Tower during the great Parisian Centennial Exposition of 1889, Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel was little known outside France…
Filippo Brunelleschi | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Born in 1377 AD in Florence and died in 1446, also in Florence, Filippo Brunelleschi is considered one of the most brilliant architects and engineers of the Italian…
Charles Correa | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Of the many reasons for choosing to be an architect, a fascination with model trains – laying out the track and building the terrain – is not the…
Bi Sheng | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Born a commoner (hence, nothing is known of his early life) during the Song dynasty around 990 AD, at some point between 1041 and 1048 Bi Sheng invented…
Alvar Aalto | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Born 1898 AD, the career of the Finn Alvar Aalto spanned the decades of the 1920s through the 1970s, ranging from Nordic Classical to Humanistic Functionalism to Scandinavian…
Ada Lovelace | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context The only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron (who abandoned his wife a month after the birth), Ada Lovelace began a lifelong friendship with Charles Babbage, a…
Vincent Van Gogh | Civilization VI
Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Vincent Willem van Gogh was poor and virtually unknown throughout his lifetime. He struggled with mental…