Dorothy Vaughan vs Stanisław Lem
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 85 years, from 1921 to 2006.
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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
Stanisław Lem (1921–2006)
- — Born in Lwów, then in Poland Verified
- — Began studying medicine at Lwów University Verified
- — Worked as a mechanic and welder under German occupation Verified
- — Resettled in Kraków and resumed medical studies Verified
- — Published his first novel, The Astronauts Verified
- — Married Barbara Leśniak
- — Published Solaris Verified
- — Published The Cyberiad Verified
- — Left Poland to live in West Berlin and Vienna Verified
- — Died in Kraków Verified