Ambroise Paré vs Gerardus Mercator
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Compare the life timelines of Ambroise Paré (1510–1590) and Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 78 years, from 1512 to 1590.
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Ambroise Paré (1510–1590)
- — Born in Bourg-Hersent near Laval, France Verified
- — Trained as a barber-surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris Verified
- — Served as an army surgeon in the campaign in Piedmont Verified
- — Abandoned boiling-oil cauterization of gunshot wounds at the siege of Turin Verified
- — Published his first treatise on the treatment of gunshot wounds Verified
- — Became royal surgeon to King Henry II of France Verified
- — Promoted the use of ligatures instead of cauterization in amputations Verified
- — Published Les Oeuvres, his collected surgical works Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified
Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594)
- — Born in Rupelmonde, County of Flanders Verified
- — Enrolled at the University of Leuven Verified
- — Married Barbara Schellekens in Leuven Verified
- — Constructed a celebrated terrestrial globe Verified
- — Imprisoned for several months on suspicion of heresy Verified
- — Moved to Duisburg in the Duchy of Cleves Verified
- — Appointed court cosmographer to Duke Wilhelm of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Verified
- — Published the 1569 world map introducing the Mercator projection Verified
- — Published the first parts of his Atlas Verified
- — Died in Duisburg Verified