Clement Attlee vs Georges Lemaître
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Compare the life timelines of Clement Attlee (1883–1967) and Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 72 years, from 1894 to 1966.
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Clement Attlee (1883–1967)
- — Born in Putney, London Verified
- — Graduated from University College, Oxford Verified
- — Served in the First World War Verified
- — Elected Member of Parliament for Limehouse Verified
- — Became Leader of the Labour Party Verified
- — Served as Deputy Prime Minister in the wartime coalition Verified
- — Became Prime Minister after Labour's landslide victory Verified
- — Oversaw the independence of India and Pakistan Verified
- — Oversaw founding of the National Health Service Verified
- — Died in London 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
- — Published the first paper proposing an expanding universe Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Catholic University of Louvain 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