Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun vs John Dalton
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Compare the life timelines of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) and John Dalton (1766–1844) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 76 years, from 1766 to 1842.
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Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842)
- — Born in Paris Verified
- — Began working professionally as a portraitist while still a teenager Verified
- — Married the art dealer Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun Verified
- — Painted her first portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette Verified
- — Admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture Verified
- — Worked at courts across Italy, Austria, and Russia Verified
- — Fled France at the outbreak of the French Revolution Verified
- — Returned to France after her name was removed from the émigré list Verified
- — Published her memoirs, Souvenirs Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified
John Dalton (1766–1844)
- — Born in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England Verified
- — Began teaching at a Quaker school at age 12 Verified
- — Moved to Manchester to teach at New College Verified
- — Published 'Meteorological Observations and Essays' Verified
- — Presented the first scientific paper on colour blindness Verified
- — Formulated the law of partial pressures Verified
- — Proposed his atomic theory with a table of atomic weights Verified
- — Published 'A New System of Chemical Philosophy' Verified
- — Became president of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Verified
- — Died in Manchester, England Verified