Ada Yonath vs Hugh Masekela
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Hugh Masekela (1939–2018) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 79 years, from 1939 to 2018.
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Ada Yonath (1939–2026)
- — Born in Jerusalem Verified
- — Took a bachelor's degree in chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Verified
- — Completed a master's degree in biochemistry Verified
- — Awarded a doctorate by the Weizmann Institute of Science Verified
- — Established Israel's first protein crystallography laboratory Verified
- — Obtained the first crystals of a ribosomal subunit Verified
- — Led a Max Planck research unit in Hamburg Verified
- — Published high-resolution structures of ribosomal subunits Verified
- — Awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Died
Hugh Masekela (1939–2018)
- — Born in KwaGuqa, Witbank Verified
- — Took up the trumpet as a schoolboy Verified
- — Joined the Jazz Epistles Verified
- — Left South Africa and went into exile Verified
- — Married Miriam Makeba Verified
- — Grazing in the Grass reached number one in the United States Verified
- — Recorded Bring Him Back Home Verified
- — Returned to South Africa Verified
- — Died in Johannesburg Verified