Clara Barton vs William James
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and William James (1842–1910) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 68 years, from 1842 to 1910.
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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
William James (1842–1910)
- — Born in New York City Verified
- — Received M.D. from Harvard Medical School Verified
- — Began teaching at Harvard University Verified
- — Established an early experimental psychology laboratory at Harvard Verified
- — Married Alice Howe Gibbens Verified
- — Published The Principles of Psychology Verified
- — Published The Varieties of Religious Experience Verified
- — Published Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Verified
- — Died at Chocorua, New Hampshire Verified