Ida B. Wells vs Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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Compare the life timelines of Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) and Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934) 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
Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934)
- — Born in Petilla de Aragón, Spain Verified
- — Graduated in medicine from the University of Zaragoza Verified
- — Served as an army medical officer in Cuba Verified
- — Married Silveria Fañanás García Verified
- — Appointed professor of anatomy at the University of Valencia Verified
- — Moved to the University of Barcelona and began landmark studies of the nervous system Verified
- — Appointed professor of histology and pathological anatomy at Madrid Verified
- — Published Textura del Sistema Nervioso del Hombre y de los Vertebrados Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified
- — Died in Madrid Verified