Alfred Russel Wallace vs Gustave Eiffel
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) and Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 81 years, from 1832 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
Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923)
- — Born in Dijon, France Verified
- — Graduated from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris Verified
- — Supervised construction of the Bordeaux railway bridge Verified
- — Married Marguerite Gaudelet Verified
- — Founded his own engineering workshops at Levallois-Perret Verified
- — Engineered the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty Verified
- — Completed the Garabit Viaduct Verified
- — Built the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Exposition Universelle Verified
- — Turned to scientific research in meteorology and aerodynamics Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified