Dorothy Vaughan vs Maurice Wilkins
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 88 years, from 1916 to 2004.
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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
Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004)
- — Born in Pongaroa, New Zealand Verified
- — Graduated from the University of Cambridge Verified
- — Worked on the Manhattan Project Verified
- — Joined King's College London Verified
- — Conducted X-ray diffraction studies of DNA Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize Verified
- — Published his autobiography Verified
- — Died in London, England Verified