Arthur Schopenhauer vs Évariste Galois
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Compare the life timelines of Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) and Évariste Galois (1811–1832) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 21 years, from 1811 to 1832.
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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)
- — Born in Danzig (Gdańsk) Verified
- — Family moved to Hamburg Verified
- — Death of his father freed him from a merchant career Verified
- — Studied medicine and then philosophy at Göttingen and Berlin Verified
- — Earned his doctorate with 'On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason' Verified
- — Published 'The World as Will and Representation' Verified
- — Lectured at the University of Berlin in rivalry with Hegel Verified
- — Settled permanently in Frankfurt am Main Verified
- — Published 'Parerga and Paralipomena', bringing late fame Verified
- — Died in Frankfurt am Main Verified
Évariste Galois (1811–1832)
- — Born in Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris Verified
- — Entered the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris Verified
- — Entered the École Normale (École préparatoire) Verified
- — Twice failed the entrance examination to the École Polytechnique Verified
- — Published first mathematical paper on continued fractions Verified
- — Expelled from the École Normale for republican activism Verified
- — Submitted memoir on the solvability of equations to the Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Imprisoned at Sainte-Pélagie for republican agitation Verified
- — Wrote final letters summarizing his mathematical discoveries Verified
- — Died in Paris from wounds suffered in a duel Verified