Alice Munro vs Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
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Compare the life timelines of Alice Munro (1931–2024) and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932–2007) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 75 years, from 1932 to 2007.
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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
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932–2007)
- — Born in Paris Verified
- — Studied at the École normale supérieure in Paris Verified
- — Worked as a research engineer at the Saclay atomic energy centre Verified
- — Spent a postdoctoral year at the University of California, Berkeley Verified
- — Appointed professor at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay Verified
- — Formed the Orsay liquid crystal group Verified
- — Took the chair of condensed matter physics at the Collège de France Verified
- — Became director of the ESPCI in Paris Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Died in Orsay, France Verified