Har Gobind Khorana vs John Glenn
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Compare the life timelines of Har Gobind Khorana (1922–2011) and John Glenn (1921–2016) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 89 years, from 1922 to 2011.
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Har Gobind Khorana (1922–2011)
- — Born in Raipur, Punjab, British India Verified
- — Earned degrees at Punjab University, Lahore Verified
- — Earned PhD at the University of Liverpool Verified
- — Joined the University of British Columbia Verified
- — Moved to the University of Wisconsin Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified
- — Appointed professor at MIT Verified
- — Reported first synthesis of a functional gene Verified
- — Died in Concord, Massachusetts Verified
John Glenn (1921–2016)
- — Born in Cambridge, Ohio Verified
- — Married Anna Margaret Castor Verified
- — Flew combat missions as a Marine Corps aviator in the Pacific Verified
- — Flew combat missions in the Korean War Verified
- — Set a transcontinental speed record in Project Bullet Verified
- — Selected as one of NASA's Mercury Seven astronauts Verified
- — Orbited the Earth aboard Friendship 7 Verified
- — Elected to the United States Senate from Ohio Verified
- — Returned to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-95 Verified
- — Died in Columbus, Ohio Verified