Clara Barton vs James Clerk Maxwell
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 48 years, from 1831 to 1879.
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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
James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)
- — Born in Edinburgh, Scotland Verified
- — Studied at the University of Edinburgh Verified
- — Studied at the University of Cambridge Verified
- — Appointed professor at Marischal College, Aberdeen Verified
- — Married Katherine Mary Dewar Verified
- — Became professor at King's College London and produced the first colour photograph Verified
- — Published 'A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field' Verified
- — Became first Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge Verified
- — Published 'A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism' Verified
- — Died in Cambridge, England Verified