Ida B. Wells vs J. J. Thomson
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Compare the life timelines of Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) and J. J. Thomson (1856–1940) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 69 years, from 1862 to 1931.
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Ida B. Wells (1862–1931)
- — Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi Verified
- — Orphaned by the yellow fever epidemic Verified
- — Sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad over segregated seating Verified
- — Became co-owner and editor of the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight Verified
- — Launched anti-lynching crusade after the People's Grocery lynchings Verified
- — Published Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Verified
- — Published A Red Record and toured Britain against lynching Verified
- — Married Ferdinand L. Barnett and settled in Chicago Verified
- — Participated in the founding of the NAACP Verified
- — Died in Chicago Verified
J. J. Thomson (1856–1940)
- — Born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England Verified
- — Entered Owens College, Manchester, at age 14 Verified
- — Studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge Verified
- — Appointed Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics Verified
- — Married Rose Elisabeth Paget Verified
- — Discovered the electron Verified
- — Proposed the 'plum pudding' model of the atom Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge Verified
- — Died in Cambridge, England Verified