Elizabeth Blackwell vs Rudolf Virchow
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Compare the life timelines of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) and Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 81 years, from 1821 to 1902.
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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
Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902)
- — Born in Schivelbein, Kingdom of Prussia Verified
- — Received his medical degree in Berlin Verified
- — Investigated a typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia Verified
- — Appointed chair of pathological anatomy at Wurzburg Verified
- — Returned to Berlin as professor of pathology Verified
- — Published 'Cellular Pathology' Verified
- — Elected to the Prussian House of Representatives Verified
- — Died in Berlin Verified