Arthur Schopenhauer vs Niels Henrik Abel
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Compare the life timelines of Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) and Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 27 years, from 1802 to 1829.
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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
Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829)
- — Born on the island of Finnøy, Norway Verified
- — Entered the Cathedral School in Christiania Verified
- — Enrolled at the Royal Frederick University Verified
- — Proved the insolvability of the general quintic equation Verified
- — Traveled to Berlin and befriended August Leopold Crelle Verified
- — Visited Paris and submitted his memoir on transcendental functions Verified
- — Published pioneering work on elliptic functions Verified
- — Died of tuberculosis at Froland, Norway Verified