Chen-Ning Yang vs Roger Bannister
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Roger Bannister (1929–2018) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 89 years, from 1929 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
Roger Bannister (1929–2018)
- — Born in Harrow, London Verified
- — Began studying medicine at Exeter College, Oxford Verified
- — Finished fourth in the 1500 metres at the Helsinki Olympics Verified
- — Retired from competitive athletics to pursue medicine Verified
- — Ran the first sub-four-minute mile Verified
- — Beat John Landy in the Miracle Mile at Vancouver Verified
- — Married Moyra Jacobsson Verified
- — Knighted for services to sport Verified
- — Served as Master of Pembroke College, Oxford Verified
- — Died in Oxford Verified