Alfred Russel Wallace vs Heinrich Hertz
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) and Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 37 years, from 1857 to 1894.
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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
Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894)
- — Born in Hamburg, Germany Verified
- — Studied sciences and engineering in Dresden, Munich, and Berlin Verified
- — Received his doctorate from the University of Berlin Verified
- — Appointed lecturer at the University of Kiel Verified
- — Became professor at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic Verified
- — Married Elisabeth Doll Verified
- — Observed the photoelectric effect Verified
- — Demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves Verified
- — Appointed professor of physics at the University of Bonn Verified
- — Died in Bonn, Germany, at age 36 Verified