Dorothy Vaughan vs Max Perutz
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Max Perutz (1914–2002) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 88 years, from 1914 to 2002.
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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
Max Perutz (1914–2002)
- — Born in Vienna Verified
- — Studied chemistry at the University of Vienna Verified
- — Moved to Cambridge to work with J. D. Bernal at the Cavendish Laboratory Verified
- — Interned as an enemy alien and deported to Canada Verified
- — Worked on Project Habakkuk during the Second World War Verified
- — Established the MRC Unit for Molecular Biology at Cambridge Verified
- — Introduced isomorphous replacement to solve protein structures Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John Kendrew Verified
- — Chaired the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Verified
- — Died in Cambridge Verified