Alfred Russel Wallace vs Robert Koch
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) and Robert Koch (1843–1910) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 67 years, from 1843 to 1910.
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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
Robert Koch (1843–1910)
- — Born in Clausthal, Kingdom of Hanover Verified
- — Studied medicine at the University of Gottingen Verified
- — Established the cause of anthrax Verified
- — Discovered the tuberculosis bacterium Verified
- — Identified the cholera bacterium Verified
- — Appointed director of the Institute for Infectious Diseases Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified
- — Died in Baden-Baden, Germany Verified