Alfred, Lord Tennyson vs Évariste Galois
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) and Évariste Galois (1811–1832) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 21 years, from 1811 to 1832.
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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
Évariste Galois (1811–1832)
- — Born in Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris Verified
- — Entered the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris Verified
- — Entered the École Normale (École préparatoire) Verified
- — Twice failed the entrance examination to the École Polytechnique Verified
- — Published first mathematical paper on continued fractions Verified
- — Expelled from the École Normale for republican activism Verified
- — Submitted memoir on the solvability of equations to the Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Imprisoned at Sainte-Pélagie for republican agitation Verified
- — Wrote final letters summarizing his mathematical discoveries Verified
- — Died in Paris from wounds suffered in a duel Verified