Carl Friedrich Gauss vs Jean-François Champollion
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Compare the life timelines of Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) and Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 42 years, from 1790 to 1832.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)
- — Born in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Verified
- — Studied at the University of Gottingen Verified
- — Proved the constructibility of the regular 17-gon Verified
- — Published Disquisitiones Arithmeticae Verified
- — Computed the orbit of the asteroid Ceres Verified
- — Married Johanna Osthoff Verified
- — Appointed director of the Gottingen Observatory Verified
- — Led the geodetic survey of the Kingdom of Hanover Verified
- — Built an early electromagnetic telegraph with Wilhelm Weber Verified
- — Died in Gottingen Verified
Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832)
- — Born in Figeac, France Verified
- — Studied Oriental languages in Paris Verified
- — Appointed assistant professor of history at Grenoble Verified
- — Married Rosine Blanc Verified
- — Announced the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs in the Lettre à M. Dacier Verified
- — Published the Précis du système hiéroglyphique Verified
- — Appointed curator of the Egyptian collection at the Louvre Verified
- — Led the Franco-Tuscan scientific expedition to Egypt Verified
- — Appointed to the first chair of Egyptian history and archaeology at the Collège de France Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified