Benoit Mandelbrot vs Helmut Schmidt
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Compare the life timelines of Benoit Mandelbrot (1924–2010) and Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 86 years, from 1924 to 2010.
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Benoit Mandelbrot (1924–2010)
- — Born in Warsaw, Poland Verified
- — Family emigrated to France Verified
- — Doctorate from the University of Paris Verified
- — Joined IBM Research Verified
- — Coined the term 'fractal' Verified
- — Published The Fractal Geometry of Nature Verified
- — Became Sterling Professor at Yale University Verified
- — Awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics Verified
- — Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts Verified
Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015)
- — Born in Hamburg Verified
- — Served in the German armed forces during the Second World War Verified
- — Married Hannelore Glaser Verified
- — Graduated in economics from the University of Hamburg Verified
- — Elected to the Bundestag Verified
- — Directed the emergency response to the North Sea flood in Hamburg Verified
- — Appointed Minister of Defence Verified
- — Became Chancellor of West Germany Verified
- — Became co-publisher of Die Zeit Verified
- — Died in Hamburg Verified