Clara Barton vs Joseph Lister
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Joseph Lister (1827–1912) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 85 years, from 1827 to 1912.
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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
Joseph Lister (1827–1912)
- — Born in Upton, Essex, England Verified
- — Graduated in medicine from University College London Verified
- — Married Agnes Syme Verified
- — Appointed Regius Professor of Surgery at Glasgow Verified
- — Introduced antiseptic surgery with carbolic acid Verified
- — Published his antiseptic principle in The Lancet Verified
- — Appointed professor of surgery at King's College London Verified
- — Raised to the peerage as Baron Lister Verified
- — Died in Walmer, Kent Verified