Gerardus Mercator vs Teresa of Ávila
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Compare the life timelines of Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) and Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 67 years, from 1515 to 1582.
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Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594)
- — Born in Rupelmonde, County of Flanders Verified
- — Enrolled at the University of Leuven Verified
- — Married Barbara Schellekens in Leuven Verified
- — Constructed a celebrated terrestrial globe Verified
- — Imprisoned for several months on suspicion of heresy Verified
- — Moved to Duisburg in the Duchy of Cleves Verified
- — Appointed court cosmographer to Duke Wilhelm of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Verified
- — Published the 1569 world map introducing the Mercator projection Verified
- — Published the first parts of his Atlas Verified
- — Died in Duisburg Verified
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)
- — Born in Gotarrendura, Ávila province, Castile Verified
- — Sent to be educated by Augustinian nuns in Ávila Verified
- — Entered the Carmelite Monastery of the Incarnation in Ávila Verified
- — Experienced a decisive religious conversion before an image of the wounded Christ Verified
- — Founded the Convent of St. Joseph in Ávila, first house of the Carmelite reform Verified
- — Completed her spiritual autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus Verified
- — Began collaboration with John of the Cross to extend the reform to Carmelite friars Verified
- — Wrote The Interior Castle, her masterpiece of mystical theology Verified
- — Died in Alba de Tormes, Spain Verified