Amelia Earhart vs Arthur Eddington
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Compare the life timelines of Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) and Arthur Eddington (1882–1944) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 40 years, from 1897 to 1937.
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Amelia Earhart (1897–1937)
- — Born in Atchison, Kansas Verified
- — Became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane, as a passenger Verified
- — Completed the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman Verified
- — Began her attempted round-the-world flight from Oakland, California
- — Disappeared over the Pacific Ocean Verified
Arthur Eddington (1882–1944)
- — Born in Kendal, England Verified
- — Entered Trinity College, Cambridge Verified
- — Placed as Senior Wrangler in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos Verified
- — Appointed chief assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory Verified
- — Became Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge Verified
- — Led the eclipse expedition to Principe that tested general relativity Verified
- — Eclipse results announced, confirming Einstein's theory Verified
- — Published The Internal Constitution of the Stars Verified
- — Knighted Verified
- — Died in Cambridge, England Verified