Alfred Russel Wallace vs Henri Poincaré
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) and Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 58 years, from 1854 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
Henri Poincaré (1854–1912)
- — Born in Nancy, France Verified
- — Studied at the École Polytechnique Verified
- — Trained as a mining engineer at the École des Mines Verified
- — Received doctorate in mathematics from the University of Paris Verified
- — Appointed to the Sorbonne Verified
- — Married Louise Poulain d'Andecy Verified
- — Won King Oscar II's prize for work on the three-body problem Verified
- — Published Analysis Situs, founding algebraic topology Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Died in Paris following surgery Verified