Ahmed Zaki Yamani vs Chen-Ning Yang
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Compare the life timelines of Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930–2021) and Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 91 years, from 1930 to 2021.
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Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930–2021)
- — Born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia Verified
- — Graduated in law from Cairo University Verified
- — Studied law at New York University and Harvard Law School Verified
- — Appointed Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Verified
- — Led Saudi oil policy during the 1973 oil embargo Verified
- — Taken hostage at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna Verified
- — Dismissed as oil minister by King Fahd Verified
- — Founded the Centre for Global Energy Studies in London Verified
- — Died in London, United Kingdom Verified
Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025)
- — Born in Hefei, Anhui Province, China Verified
- — Graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in Kunming Verified
- — Moved to the United States for graduate study Verified
- — Earned PhD from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Published Yang-Mills gauge theory with Robert Mills Verified
- — Proposed parity non-conservation in weak interactions with Tsung-Dao Lee Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became founding director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook Verified
- — Returned to China to join Tsinghua University Verified
- — Died in Beijing, China Verified