Alfred Russel Wallace vs Clara Barton
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) and Clara Barton (1821–1912) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 89 years, from 1823 to 1912.
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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
Clara Barton (1821–1912)
- — Born in North Oxford, Massachusetts Verified
- — Began work as a schoolteacher Verified
- — Opened a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey Verified
- — Became a clerk at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. Verified
- — Began nursing and supplying Union soldiers in the Civil War Verified
- — Tended the wounded at the Battle of Antietam Verified
- — Ran the Office of Missing Soldiers Verified
- — Founded the American Red Cross Verified
- — Resigned as president of the American Red Cross Verified
- — Died in Glen Echo, Maryland Verified