Lin Zexu vs Louis Daguerre
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Compare the life timelines of Lin Zexu (1785–1850) and Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 63 years, from 1787 to 1850.
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Lin Zexu (1785–1850)
- — Born in Fuzhou, Fujian province Verified
- — Earned the jinshi degree in the imperial examinations Verified
- — Rose through provincial posts as a capable administrator Verified
- — Appointed Governor-General of Hunan and Hubei Verified
- — Named Imperial Commissioner to suppress the opium trade at Canton Verified
- — Destroyed confiscated opium at Humen Verified
- — Dismissed and exiled to Ili in Xinjiang Verified
- — Rehabilitated and returned to high provincial office Verified
- — Died en route to Guangxi to combat the Taiping rebels Verified
Louis Daguerre (1787–1851)
- — Born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France Verified
- — Apprenticed in architecture, theatre design, and panorama painting Verified
- — Married Louise Georgina Arrowsmith Verified
- — Opened the Diorama in Paris with Charles Marie Bouton Verified
- — Formed a partnership with Nicéphore Niépce to develop photography Verified
- — Perfected the daguerreotype process Verified
- — Daguerreotype announced to the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Daguerreotype process published as a gift 'free to the world' Verified
- — Retired to Bry-sur-Marne Verified
- — Died in Bry-sur-Marne, France Verified