Great Lost Thinkers

[littlebitca]

Lost musings -- speculative, not spoilery:

How many of the last names of the characters are historically recognizable, and is there any significance to it?

Desmond [David] Hume
Daniel [Michael] Faraday
Kate [Jane] Austen
Charlotte [Clive] Staples Lewis
Juliet [Edmund] Burke
John [John] Locke
George [Hermann] Minkowski

and possibly more that I just don't recognise.


Hmmmm. Somehow I think this is not random chance.

Comments

[atpo-onm.livejournal.com]

There's also the possibility of science historian James Burke. Google his name and note the first (book) hit that comes up.

(He was probably best known in the U.S. for his PBS series of a few years back, "Connections".)

[ladystarlightsj.livejournal.com]

I never even noticed that until last night, when everyone started using 'Faraday' and I thought "hey, I recognize that name from somewheres..."