C. V. Raman vs Georges Lemaître
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Compare the life timelines of C. V. Raman (1888–1970) and Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 72 years, from 1894 to 1966.
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C. V. Raman (1888–1970)
- — Born in Tiruchirapalli, British India Verified
- — Earned BA and MA from Presidency College, Madras Verified
- — Joined the Indian Finance Service in Calcutta Verified
- — Married Lokasundari Ammal Verified
- — Appointed Palit Professor of Physics at the University of Calcutta Verified
- — Discovered the Raman effect Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Verified
- — Founded the Raman Research Institute and awarded the Bharat Ratna Verified
- — Died in Bangalore, India Verified
Georges Lemaître (1894–1966)
- — Born in Charleroi, Belgium Verified
- — Served as an artillery officer in the Belgian army during World War I Verified
- — Studied astronomy at Cambridge under Arthur Eddington Verified
- — Ordained a Catholic priest Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Catholic University of Louvain Verified
- — Published the first paper proposing an expanding universe Verified
- — Earned a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Verified
- — Proposed the 'primeval atom' hypothesis, forerunner of the Big Bang theory Verified
- — Became president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Died in Leuven, Belgium Verified