Chen-Ning Yang vs Ingvar Kamprad
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 92 years, from 1926 to 2018.
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Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025)
- — Born in Hefei, Anhui Province, China Verified
- — Graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in Kunming Verified
- — Moved to the United States for graduate study Verified
- — Earned PhD from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Published Yang-Mills gauge theory with Robert Mills Verified
- — Proposed parity non-conservation in weak interactions with Tsung-Dao Lee Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became founding director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook Verified
- — Returned to China to join Tsinghua University Verified
- — Died in Beijing, China Verified
Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018)
- — Born in Pjatteryd, Smaland, Sweden Verified
- — Founded IKEA Verified
- — Published the first IKEA catalogue Verified
- — Opened the first IKEA furniture showroom in Almhult Verified
- — Married Margaretha Stennert Verified
- — Moved to Switzerland Verified
- — Apologised for his youthful involvement with a Swedish pro-Nazi movement Verified
- — Returned to live in Sweden Verified
- — Died in Smaland, Sweden Verified