Astrid Lindgren vs Luis Walter Alvarez
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Compare the life timelines of Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) and Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 77 years, from 1911 to 1988.
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Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002)
- — Born at Näs, near Vimmerby, Sweden Verified
- — Worked as a junior journalist at Vimmerby Tidning Verified
- — Birth of her son Lars Verified
- — Married Sture Lindgren Verified
- — Birth of her daughter Karin Verified
- — Publication of Pippi Longstocking Verified
- — Children's book editor at Rabén & Sjögren Verified
- — Published the satire Pomperipossa in Monismania Verified
- — Received the Right Livelihood Award Verified
- — Died in Stockholm Verified
Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988)
- — Born in San Francisco Verified
- — Received a doctorate in physics from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Joined Ernest Lawrence's Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley Verified
- — Developed radar systems at the MIT Radiation Laboratory Verified
- — Worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos Verified
- — Flew as a scientific observer on the Hiroshima mission Verified
- — Built large liquid hydrogen bubble chambers at Berkeley Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Published the asteroid impact hypothesis for the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction Verified
- — Died in Berkeley, California Verified