Baal Shem Tov vs Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Compare the life timelines of Baal Shem Tov (1698–1760) and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 62 years, from 1698 to 1760.
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Baal Shem Tov (1698–1760)
- — Born in Okopy, Podolia (present-day Ukraine) Verified
- — Orphaned in childhood
- — Worked as a teacher's assistant and synagogue caretaker
- — Married Chana, sister of Rabbi Gershon of Kitov
- — Revealed himself as a baal shem, a healer and spiritual master Verified
- — Settled in Medzhybizh, which became the center of early Hasidism Verified
- — Gathered the circle of disciples who spread Hasidism Verified
- — Described a mystical ascent of the soul in his letter to Gershon of Kitov Verified
- — Died in Medzhybizh Verified
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762)
- — Born in London Verified
- — Self-educated in her father's library at Thoresby Hall Verified
- — Eloped with and married Edward Wortley Montagu Verified
- — Survived smallpox Verified
- — Traveled to Constantinople as wife of the British ambassador Verified
- — Had her son inoculated against smallpox in Constantinople Verified
- — Championed smallpox inoculation in England Verified
- — Left England to live on the Continent Verified
- — Returned to London Verified
- — Died in London Verified