Clara Barton vs Heinrich Hertz
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 37 years, from 1857 to 1894.
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Clara Barton (1821–1912)
- — Born in North Oxford, Massachusetts Verified
- — Began work as a schoolteacher Verified
- — Opened a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey Verified
- — Became a clerk at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. Verified
- — Began nursing and supplying Union soldiers in the Civil War Verified
- — Tended the wounded at the Battle of Antietam Verified
- — Ran the Office of Missing Soldiers Verified
- — Founded the American Red Cross Verified
- — Resigned as president of the American Red Cross Verified
- — Died in Glen Echo, Maryland Verified
Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894)
- — Born in Hamburg, Germany Verified
- — Studied sciences and engineering in Dresden, Munich, and Berlin Verified
- — Received his doctorate from the University of Berlin Verified
- — Appointed lecturer at the University of Kiel Verified
- — Became professor at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic Verified
- — Married Elisabeth Doll Verified
- — Observed the photoelectric effect Verified
- — Demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves Verified
- — Appointed professor of physics at the University of Bonn Verified
- — Died in Bonn, Germany, at age 36 Verified