Charles Lyell vs Mirza Ghalib
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Compare the life timelines of Charles Lyell (1797–1875) and Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 72 years, from 1797 to 1869.
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Charles Lyell (1797–1875)
- — Born at Kinnordy House, Scotland Verified
- — Entered Exeter College, Oxford Verified
- — Called to the bar as a lawyer Verified
- — Published first volume of Principles of Geology Verified
- — Appointed professor of geology at King's College London Verified
- — Married Mary Horner Verified
- — Knighted for services to geology Verified
- — Published Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man Verified
- — Died in London Verified
Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869)
- — Born in Agra, Mughal India Verified
- — Orphaned young after his father's death Verified
- — Settled permanently in Delhi Verified
- — Married Umrao Begum Verified
- — Traveled to Calcutta to petition for his family pension Verified
- — Published his Urdu divan, Diwan-e-Ghalib Verified
- — Appointed poet at the Mughal court of Bahadur Shah Zafar Verified
- — Lived through the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Delhi Verified
- — Died in Delhi Verified