Elizabeth Blackwell vs Gustave Flaubert
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Compare the life timelines of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) and Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 59 years, from 1821 to 1880.
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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
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
- — Born in Rouen, France Verified
- — Began law studies in Paris Verified
- — Abandoned law after a severe nervous attack Verified
- — Journey through Egypt and the Near East Verified
- — Madame Bovary serialized in the Revue de Paris Verified
- — Acquitted in obscenity trial over Madame Bovary Verified
- — Published Salammbô Verified
- — Published Sentimental Education Verified
- — Died at Croisset, near Rouen Verified