Edmund Burke vs Moses Mendelssohn
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Compare the life timelines of Edmund Burke (1729–1797) and Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 57 years, from 1729 to 1786.
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Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
- — Born in Dublin, Ireland Verified
- — Studied at Trinity College Dublin Verified
- — Moved to London to study law at the Middle Temple Verified
- — Published A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Verified
- — Married Jane Nugent Verified
- — Elected to the House of Commons Verified
- — Delivered his speeches on American taxation and conciliation with the colonies Verified
- — Led the impeachment of Warren Hastings Verified
- — Published Reflections on the Revolution in France Verified
- — Died at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire Verified
Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786)
- — Born in Dessau Verified
- — Moved to Berlin to continue his studies Verified
- — Became tutor and later partner in a Berlin silk firm Verified
- — Married Fromet Guggenheim Verified
- — Won the Berlin Academy prize essay competition Verified
- — Published Phaedon, a defense of the immortality of the soul Verified
- — Publicly challenged by Johann Kaspar Lavater to convert Verified
- — Published Jerusalem, or On Religious Power and Judaism Verified
- — Published his German translation of the Pentateuch with the Bi'ur commentary Verified
- — Died in Berlin Verified