Dorothy Vaughan vs Konrad Zuse
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 85 years, from 1910 to 1995.
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Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008)
- — Born in Kansas City, Missouri Verified
- — Graduated from Wilberforce University Verified
- — Taught mathematics at Robert Russa Moton High School Verified
- — Married Howard Vaughan Verified
- — Began work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed head of West Area Computing Verified
- — Joined the Analysis and Computation Division after NACA became NASA Verified
- — Learned FORTRAN and taught it to her colleagues Verified
- — Retired from NASA Verified
- — Died in Hampton, Virginia Verified
Konrad Zuse (1910–1995)
- — Born in Berlin, Germany Verified
- — Graduated in civil engineering from the Technical University of Berlin Verified
- — Completed the Z1 mechanical computer Verified
- — Completed the Z3, the first programmable digital computer Verified
- — Designed the Plankalkül programming language Verified
- — Founded the company Zuse KG Verified
- — Proposed the concept of a computable universe Verified
- — Died in Hünfeld, Germany Verified