Buster Keaton vs Wallace Carothers
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Compare the life timelines of Buster Keaton (1895–1966) and Wallace Carothers (1896–1937) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 41 years, from 1896 to 1937.
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Buster Keaton (1895–1966)
- — Born in Piqua, Kansas Verified
- — Performed in the family vaudeville act The Three Keatons Verified
- — Entered film working with Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle Verified
- — Released Sherlock Jr. Verified
- — Released The General Verified
- — Signed with MGM, losing creative control Verified
- — Married Eleanor Norris Verified
- — Received an Honorary Academy Award Verified
- — Appeared in Film, a short by Samuel Beckett Verified
- — Died in Woodland Hills, California Verified
Wallace Carothers (1896–1937)
- — Born in Burlington, Iowa Verified
- — Earned bachelor's degree from Tarkio College Verified
- — Received Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois Verified
- — Taught organic chemistry at Harvard University Verified
- — Joined DuPont to lead organic chemistry research Verified
- — Group developed neoprene, the first commercially successful synthetic rubber Verified
- — First synthesized nylon at DuPont Verified
- — Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Married Helen Sweetman Verified
- — Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Verified