Alan Paton vs Lev Landau
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Compare the life timelines of Alan Paton (1903–1988) and Lev Landau (1908–1968) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 60 years, from 1908 to 1968.
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Alan Paton (1903–1988)
- — Born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Verified
- — Graduated from Natal University College Verified
- — Married Doris Olive Francis Verified
- — Appointed principal of Diepkloof Reformatory Verified
- — Published Cry, the Beloved Country Verified
- — Co-founded the Liberal Party of South Africa Verified
- — Liberal Party of South Africa dissolved Verified
- — Married Anne Hopkins Verified
- — Published the autobiography Towards the Mountain Verified
- — Died near Durban Verified
Lev Landau (1908–1968)
- — Born in Baku, Russian Empire Verified
- — Graduated from Leningrad State University Verified
- — Studied in Western Europe, including with Niels Bohr in Copenhagen Verified
- — Headed the theory division at the Ukrainian Physico-Technical Institute in Kharkiv Verified
- — Moved to Moscow to lead theory at the Institute for Physical Problems Verified
- — Arrested during the Great Purge and imprisoned for a year Verified
- — Published the theory of superfluidity of liquid helium Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Severely injured in a car crash Verified
- — Died in Moscow, Soviet Union Verified