Clara Barton vs Hermann von Helmholtz
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1821 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
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894)
- — Born in Potsdam, Prussia Verified
- — Studied medicine in Berlin Verified
- — Published 'Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft' Verified
- — Appointed professor of physiology at Koenigsberg Verified
- — Invented the ophthalmoscope Verified
- — Moved to the University of Heidelberg Verified
- — Published 'On the Sensations of Tone' Verified
- — Appointed professor of physics in Berlin Verified
- — Became first president of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt Verified
- — Died in Charlottenburg, Germany Verified