Dorothy Vaughan vs Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (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
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–1995)
- — Born in Lahore, British India Verified
- — Graduated from Presidency College, Madras Verified
- — Derived the Chandrasekhar limit on the voyage to England Verified
- — Completed PhD at the University of Cambridge Verified
- — Married Lalitha Doraiswamy Verified
- — Joined the University of Chicago Verified
- — Served as editor of The Astrophysical Journal Verified
- — Became a naturalized United States citizen Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Died in Chicago, United States Verified