Frank Whittle vs John Bardeen
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Compare the life timelines of Frank Whittle (1907–1996) and John Bardeen (1908–1991) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 83 years, from 1908 to 1991.
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Frank Whittle (1907–1996)
- — Born in Coventry, England Verified
- — Joined the Royal Air Force as an apprentice Verified
- — Proposed jet propulsion in his thesis and filed a patent Verified
- — Co-founded Power Jets Ltd Verified
- — First test run of the Whittle jet engine Verified
- — First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 Verified
- — Knighted for his contributions to aviation Verified
- — Emigrated to the United States Verified
- — Awarded the Order of Merit Verified
- — Died in Columbia, Maryland Verified
John Bardeen (1908–1991)
- — Born in Madison, Wisconsin Verified
- — Earned degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin Verified
- — Earned PhD in mathematical physics from Princeton University Verified
- — Married Jane Maxwell Verified
- — Joined Bell Telephone Laboratories Verified
- — Co-invented the point-contact transistor with Walter Brattain Verified
- — Became professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the transistor Verified
- — Published the BCS theory of superconductivity Verified
- — Died in Boston, Massachusetts Verified