Alfred, Lord Tennyson vs Alfred Russel Wallace
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) and Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 69 years, from 1823 to 1892.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
- — Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire Verified
- — Entered Trinity College, Cambridge Verified
- — Won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry Verified
- — Death of Arthur Hallam Verified
- — Published In Memoriam A.H.H. Verified
- — Married Emily Sellwood Verified
- — Appointed Poet Laureate Verified
- — Published The Charge of the Light Brigade Verified
- — Raised to the peerage as Baron Tennyson Verified
- — Died at Aldworth, Surrey Verified
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
- — Born in Llanbadoc, Wales Verified
- — Worked as a land surveyor with his brother William Verified
- — Expedition to the Amazon basin Verified
- — Lost his collections in a ship fire at sea Verified
- — Expedition through the Malay Archipelago Verified
- — Joint Darwin-Wallace paper on natural selection read at the Linnean Society Verified
- — Married Annie Mitten Verified
- — Published The Malay Archipelago Verified
- — Awarded the Order of Merit Verified
- — Died at Broadstone, Dorset Verified