Mei Wending vs Samuel Pepys
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Compare the life timelines of Mei Wending (1633–1721) and Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 70 years, from 1633 to 1703.
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Mei Wending (1633–1721)
- — Born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province Verified
- — Studied astronomy and calendrical science in his youth
- — Wrote his first treatise on calendrical astronomy
- — Consulted on the official Ming History calendrical treatises Verified
- — Published Lixue yiwen (Queries on Mathematical Astronomy)
- — Received in audience by the Kangxi Emperor Verified
- — Grandson Mei Juecheng appointed to the imperial mathematical bureau Verified
- — Died in Xuancheng Verified
Samuel Pepys (1633–1703)
- — Born in Fleet Street, London Verified
- — Studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge Verified
- — Married Elisabeth de St Michel Verified
- — Began keeping his famous diary Verified
- — Appointed Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board Verified
- — Witnessed and recorded the Great Fire of London Verified
- — Appointed Secretary to the Admiralty Commission Verified
- — Imprisoned in the Tower of London during the Popish Plot Verified
- — Elected President of the Royal Society Verified
- — Died at Clapham at age 70 Verified