Aaron Copland vs Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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Compare the life timelines of Aaron Copland (1900–1990) and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 79 years, from 1900 to 1979.
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Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
- — Born in Brooklyn, New York Verified
- — Studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris Verified
- — Composed El Salón México Verified
- — Composed the ballet Rodeo Verified
- — Composed Fanfare for the Common Man Verified
- — Won the Pulitzer Prize for Appalachian Spring Verified
- — Turned increasingly to conducting Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Died in North Tarrytown, New York Verified
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979)
- — Born in Wendover, England Verified
- — Studied at Newnham College, Cambridge Verified
- — Moved to the United States to study at Harvard Verified
- — Completed doctoral thesis on stellar atmospheres Verified
- — Married Sergei Gaposchkin Verified
- — Became the first woman promoted to full professor at Harvard Verified
- — Became chair of the Harvard Department of Astronomy Verified
- — Awarded the Henry Norris Russell Prize Verified
- — Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts Verified