Alexander Pope vs Anders Celsius
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Compare the life timelines of Alexander Pope (1688–1744) and Anders Celsius (1701–1744) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 43 years, from 1701 to 1744.
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Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
- — Born in London Verified
- — Largely self-educated because of anti-Catholic laws Verified
- — Contracted tuberculosis of the bone (Pott's disease) Verified
- — Published An Essay on Criticism Verified
- — Published The Rape of the Lock Verified
- — Published his verse translation of Homer's Iliad Verified
- — Moved to his villa at Twickenham Verified
- — Published The Dunciad Verified
- — Published An Essay on Man Verified
- — Died at Twickenham Verified
Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
- — Born in Uppsala, Sweden Verified
- — Appointed professor of astronomy at Uppsala University Verified
- — Grand tour of European observatories Verified
- — Published observations of the aurora borealis Verified
- — Joined the Lapland expedition of Maupertuis Verified
- — Founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory Verified
- — Proposed the centigrade temperature scale Verified
- — Died of tuberculosis in Uppsala Verified