Clara Barton vs Richard Francis Burton
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 69 years, from 1821 to 1890.
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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
Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890)
- — Born in Torquay, Devon, England Verified
- — Entered Trinity College, Oxford, and was later expelled Verified
- — Joined the East India Company army in India Verified
- — Made the pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise Verified
- — Reached Lake Tanganyika with John Hanning Speke Verified
- — Entered the British consular service Verified
- — Married Isabel Arundell Verified
- — Appointed British consul in Trieste Verified
- — Published his translation of the One Thousand and One Nights Verified
- — Died in Trieste, Austria-Hungary Verified