Ada Yonath vs Salman Rushdie
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Salman Rushdie (1947–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 79 years, from 1947 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
Salman Rushdie (1947–present)
- — Born in Bombay, British India Verified
- — Sent to Rugby School in England Verified
- — Graduated in history from King's College, Cambridge Verified
- — Published his first novel, Grimus Verified
- — Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize Verified
- — Published The Satanic Verses Verified
- — Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death Verified
- — Moved to New York City Verified
- — Knighted for services to literature Verified
- — Stabbed on stage at the Chautauqua Institution, New York Verified