Elizabeth Blackwell vs Robert Koch
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Compare the life timelines of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) and Robert Koch (1843–1910) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 67 years, from 1843 to 1910.
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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
Robert Koch (1843–1910)
- — Born in Clausthal, Kingdom of Hanover Verified
- — Studied medicine at the University of Gottingen Verified
- — Established the cause of anthrax Verified
- — Discovered the tuberculosis bacterium Verified
- — Identified the cholera bacterium Verified
- — Appointed director of the Institute for Infectious Diseases Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified
- — Died in Baden-Baden, Germany Verified