Ali Javan vs Etel Adnan
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Compare the life timelines of Ali Javan (1926–2016) and Etel Adnan (1925–2021) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 90 years, from 1926 to 2016.
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Ali Javan (1926–2016)
- — Born in Tehran, Iran Verified
- — Studied at the University of Tehran
- — Moved to the United States Verified
- — Earned a doctorate in physics at Columbia University Verified
- — Joined Bell Telephone Laboratories Verified
- — Demonstrated the first gas laser Verified
- — Joined the physics faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Verified
- — Received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science Verified
- — Died in Los Altos, California Verified
Etel Adnan (1925–2021)
- — Born in Beirut, Lebanon Verified
- — Moved to Paris to study philosophy at the Sorbonne Verified
- — Continued postgraduate study in the United States Verified
- — Began teaching philosophy of art in California Verified
- — Began her lifelong partnership with Simone Fattal Verified
- — Returned to Beirut and worked as a cultural editor Verified
- — Left Lebanon during the civil war Verified
- — Published the novel Sitt Marie-Rose Verified
- — Exhibited at Documenta 13 in Kassel Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified