Elizabeth Blackwell vs Fukuzawa Yukichi
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Compare the life timelines of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) and Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835–1901) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1835 to 1901.
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Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910)
- — Born in Bristol, England Verified
- — Emigrated with her family to the United States Verified
- — Admitted to Geneva Medical College in New York Verified
- — Became the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States Verified
- — Co-founded the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children Verified
- — Became the first woman entered on the British Medical Register Verified
- — Opened the Women's Medical College of the New York Infirmary Verified
- — Returned permanently to England Verified
- — Appointed professor of gynecology at the London School of Medicine for Women Verified
- — Died in Hastings, England Verified
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835–1901)
- — Born in Osaka, Japan Verified
- — Sent to Nagasaki to study Dutch and Western gunnery Verified
- — Studied Dutch learning at Ogata Koan's Tekijuku school in Osaka Verified
- — Founded a school of Dutch studies in Edo, the origin of Keio University Verified
- — Sailed to the United States aboard the Kanrin Maru Verified
- — Traveled through Europe with the first Japanese embassy to Europe Verified
- — Began publishing An Encouragement of Learning Verified
- — Founded the newspaper Jiji-Shinpo Verified
- — Died in Tokyo Verified