Ada Yonath vs Margaret Atwood
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Margaret Atwood (1939–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 87 years, from 1939 to 2026.
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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
Margaret Atwood (1939–present)
- — Born in Ottawa, Ontario Verified
- — Graduated from Victoria College, University of Toronto Verified
- — Earned a master's degree at Radcliffe College, Harvard University Verified
- — Won the Governor General's Award for the poetry collection The Circle Game Verified
- — Published her first novel, The Edible Woman Verified
- — Began her partnership with the novelist Graeme Gibson Verified
- — Published The Handmaid's Tale Verified
- — Won the Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin Verified
- — Completed the MaddAddam trilogy Verified
- — Shared the Booker Prize for The Testaments Verified