Ansel Adams vs Pyotr Kapitsa
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Compare the life timelines of Ansel Adams (1902–1984) and Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 82 years, from 1902 to 1984.
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Ansel Adams (1902–1984)
- — Born in San Francisco, California Verified
- — First visit to Yosemite National Park Verified
- — Joined the Sierra Club Verified
- — Married Virginia Best Verified
- — Co-founded Group f/64 Verified
- — Developed the Zone System Verified
- — Photographed 'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico' Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Died in Monterey, California Verified
Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984)
- — Born in Kronstadt, Russian Empire Verified
- — Moved to England to work at the Cavendish Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed director of the Mond Laboratory at Cambridge Verified
- — Detained in the Soviet Union Verified
- — Founded the Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow Verified
- — Discovered the superfluidity of liquid helium Verified
- — Dismissed from his institute after refusing atomic bomb work Verified
- — Reinstated as director of the Institute for Physical Problems Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Died in Moscow, Soviet Union Verified