Arthur Conan Doyle vs Henrietta Swan Leavitt
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Compare the life timelines of Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) and Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868–1921) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 53 years, from 1868 to 1921.
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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
- — Born in Edinburgh, Scotland Verified
- — Studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Verified
- — Opened a medical practice in Southsea, Portsmouth Verified
- — Married Louisa Hawkins Verified
- — Published A Study in Scarlet, introducing Sherlock Holmes Verified
- — Holmes short stories began in The Strand Magazine Verified
- — Published The Hound of the Baskervilles Verified
- — Knighted by King Edward VII Verified
- — Married Jean Leckie Verified
- — Died at Crowborough, East Sussex Verified
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868–1921)
- — Born in Lancaster, Massachusetts Verified
- — Graduated from Radcliffe College Verified
- — Joined the Harvard College Observatory Verified
- — Appointed permanent staff member at Harvard Verified
- — Reported variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds Verified
- — Discovered the period-luminosity relation Verified
- — Death in Cambridge, Massachusetts Verified