James Lind vs Jean le Rond d'Alembert
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Compare the life timelines of James Lind (1716–1794) and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1717 to 1783.
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James Lind (1716–1794)
- — Born in Edinburgh Verified
- — Apprenticed to the Edinburgh physician George Langlands Verified
- — Entered the Royal Navy as a surgeon's mate Verified
- — Conducted his scurvy trial aboard HMS Salisbury Verified
- — Received his MD from the University of Edinburgh Verified
- — Published A Treatise of the Scurvy Verified
- — Published An Essay on the Most Effectual Means of Preserving the Health of Seamen Verified
- — Appointed chief physician of the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar Verified
- — Proposed distillation of seawater for drinking water at sea Verified
- — Died at Gosport, Hampshire Verified
Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)
- — Born in Paris and abandoned at the church of Saint-Jean-le-Rond Verified
- — Studied at the Collège des Quatre-Nations Verified
- — Elected to the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Published the Traité de dynamique Verified
- — Derived the one-dimensional wave equation for a vibrating string Verified
- — Co-edited the Encyclopédie and wrote its Preliminary Discourse Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Became permanent secretary of the Académie française Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified