Elizabeth Blackwell vs Hermann von Helmholtz
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Compare the life timelines of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) and Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1821 to 1894.
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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
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894)
- — Born in Potsdam, Prussia Verified
- — Studied medicine in Berlin Verified
- — Published 'Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft' Verified
- — Appointed professor of physiology at Koenigsberg Verified
- — Invented the ophthalmoscope Verified
- — Moved to the University of Heidelberg Verified
- — Published 'On the Sensations of Tone' Verified
- — Appointed professor of physics in Berlin Verified
- — Became first president of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt Verified
- — Died in Charlottenburg, Germany Verified