Ada Yonath vs Seamus Heaney
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 74 years, from 1939 to 2013.
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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
Seamus Heaney (1939–2013)
- — Born at Mossbawn, County Londonderry Verified
- — Entered Queen's University Belfast Verified
- — Married Marie Devlin Verified
- — Published his first major collection, Death of a Naturalist Verified
- — Moved to Glanmore in County Wicklow Verified
- — Published North Verified
- — Began teaching at Harvard University Verified
- — Elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — Died in Dublin Verified