Clara Barton vs Henry Morton Stanley
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 63 years, from 1841 to 1904.
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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
Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904)
- — Born John Rowlands in Denbigh, Wales Verified
- — Emigrated to the United States Verified
- — Became a correspondent for the New York Herald Verified
- — Found David Livingstone at Ujiji Verified
- — Led the Anglo-American expedition across Africa, tracing the Congo River Verified
- — Worked for King Leopold II to open the Congo basin Verified
- — Led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition Verified
- — Married Dorothy Tennant Verified
- — Served as Member of Parliament for Lambeth North Verified
- — Died in London Verified