Akio Morita vs Allan MacLeod Cormack
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Compare the life timelines of Akio Morita (1921–1999) and Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924–1998) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 74 years, from 1924 to 1998.
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Akio Morita (1921–1999)
- — Born in Nagoya, Japan Verified
- — Graduated in physics from Osaka Imperial University Verified
- — Met Masaru Ibuka during wartime naval research Verified
- — Co-founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Verified
- — Company renamed Sony Verified
- — Moved his family to the United States Verified
- — Became chairman of Sony Verified
- — Launch of the Sony Walkman Verified
- — Sony acquired Columbia Pictures Verified
- — Died in Tokyo, Japan Verified
Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924–1998)
- — Born in Johannesburg, South Africa Verified
- — Took degrees in physics at the University of Cape Town Verified
- — Research student at St John's College, Cambridge Verified
- — Appointed lecturer in physics at the University of Cape Town Verified
- — Married Barbara Seavey
- — Began work on X-ray absorption at Groote Schuur Hospital Verified
- — Moved to the United States to join Tufts University Verified
- — Published his theory of tomographic reconstruction Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified
- — Died in Winchester, Massachusetts Verified