A. Philip Randolph vs Stefan Banach
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Compare the life timelines of A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979) and Stefan Banach (1892–1945) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 53 years, from 1892 to 1945.
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A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979)
- — Born in Crescent City, Florida Verified
- — Moved to Harlem, New York Verified
- — Co-founded The Messenger magazine Verified
- — Organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Verified
- — Won recognition contract for the Brotherhood Verified
- — March on Washington Movement prompts Executive Order 8802 Verified
- — Pressed for desegregation of the armed forces Verified
- — Helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Died in New York City Verified
Stefan Banach (1892–1945)
- — Born in Kraków, then part of Austria-Hungary Verified
- — Studied engineering at Lviv Polytechnic Verified
- — Discovered by Hugo Steinhaus in Kraków Verified
- — Married Łucja Braus Verified
- — Received doctorate from Lviv University with a thesis founding functional analysis Verified
- — Appointed professor at Lviv University Verified
- — Co-founded the journal Studia Mathematica Verified
- — Published Théorie des opérations linéaires, the first monograph on functional analysis Verified
- — Survived the German occupation of Lwów by working as a lice feeder Verified
- — Died of lung cancer in Lviv Verified