Alfred Russel Wallace vs Arthur Conan Doyle
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) and Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 54 years, from 1859 to 1913.
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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
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
- — Born in Edinburgh, Scotland Verified
- — Studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Verified
- — Opened a medical practice in Southsea, Portsmouth Verified
- — Married Louisa Hawkins Verified
- — Published A Study in Scarlet, introducing Sherlock Holmes Verified
- — Holmes short stories began in The Strand Magazine Verified
- — Published The Hound of the Baskervilles Verified
- — Knighted by King Edward VII Verified
- — Married Jean Leckie Verified
- — Died at Crowborough, East Sussex Verified