Alice Munro vs Dennis Ritchie
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Compare the life timelines of Alice Munro (1931–2024) and Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 70 years, from 1941 to 2011.
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Alice Munro (1931–2024)
- — Born in Wingham, Ontario Verified
- — Studied English and journalism at the University of Western Ontario Verified
- — Married James Munro and moved to Vancouver Verified
- — Moved to Victoria, British Columbia, and opened Munro's Books Verified
- — Published Dance of the Happy Shades Verified
- — Published Lives of Girls and Women Verified
- — Divorced James Munro and returned to Ontario Verified
- — Awarded the Man Booker International Prize Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — Died in Port Hope, Ontario Verified
Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011)
- — Born in Bronxville, New York Verified
- — Studied physics and applied mathematics at Harvard Verified
- — Joined Bell Labs Verified
- — Co-created the Unix operating system Verified
- — Created the C programming language Verified
- — Published The C Programming Language Verified
- — Received the Turing Award Verified
- — Awarded the National Medal of Technology Verified
- — Died in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey Verified