Dorothy Vaughan vs Mary Leakey
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Mary Leakey (1913–1996) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 83 years, from 1913 to 1996.
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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
Mary Leakey (1913–1996)
- — Born in London, England Verified
- — Attended lectures in archaeology and geology at University College London Verified
- — Married Louis Leakey Verified
- — Moved to East Africa Verified
- — Discovered the Proconsul africanus skull on Rusinga Island Verified
- — Discovered the Zinjanthropus cranium (OH 5) at Olduvai Gorge Verified
- — Took charge of the excavations at Olduvai Gorge
- — Directed the excavation of the Laetoli footprints in Tanzania Verified
- — Published the autobiography Disclosing the Past Verified
- — Died in Nairobi, Kenya Verified