Georges Lemaître vs James Chadwick
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Compare the life timelines of Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) and James Chadwick (1891–1974) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 72 years, from 1894 to 1966.
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Georges Lemaître (1894–1966)
- — Born in Charleroi, Belgium Verified
- — Served as an artillery officer in the Belgian army during World War I Verified
- — Studied astronomy at Cambridge under Arthur Eddington Verified
- — Ordained a Catholic priest Verified
- — Earned a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Verified
- — Published the first paper proposing an expanding universe Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Catholic University of Louvain Verified
- — Proposed the 'primeval atom' hypothesis, forerunner of the Big Bang theory Verified
- — Became president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Died in Leuven, Belgium Verified
James Chadwick (1891–1974)
- — Born in Bollington, Cheshire, England Verified
- — Graduated in physics from the University of Manchester Verified
- — Interned at Ruhleben camp in Germany during the First World War Verified
- — Earned PhD at the University of Cambridge and joined the Cavendish Laboratory Verified
- — Married Aileen Stewart-Brown Verified
- — Discovered the neutron Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Appointed professor of physics at the University of Liverpool Verified
- — Led the British mission to the Manhattan Project Verified
- — Died in Cambridge, England Verified