Santiago Ramón y Cajal vs Thomas Edison
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Compare the life timelines of Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934) and Thomas Edison (1847–1931) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 79 years, from 1852 to 1931.
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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
Thomas Edison (1847–1931)
- — Born in Milan, Ohio Verified
- — Opened his research laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey
- — Announced the invention of the phonograph Verified
- — Gave the first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp Verified
- — Died in West Orange, New Jersey Verified