James Watson vs Peter Higgs
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Compare the life timelines of James Watson (1928–2025) and Peter Higgs (1929–2024) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 95 years, from 1929 to 2024.
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James Watson (1928–2025)
- — Born in Chicago, Illinois Verified
- — Earned a PhD from Indiana University Verified
- — Joined the Cavendish Laboratory Verified
- — Co-discovered the structure of DNA Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize Verified
- — Published The Double Helix Verified
- — Became director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Verified
- — Led the Human Genome Project Verified
- — Died at age 97 Verified
Peter Higgs (1929–2024)
- — Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England Verified
- — Graduated with first-class honours in physics from King's College London Verified
- — Earned PhD in molecular physics from King's College London Verified
- — Took up a lectureship at the University of Edinburgh Verified
- — Married Jody Williamson Verified
- — Published papers proposing the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson Verified
- — Appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at Edinburgh Verified
- — Higgs boson discovered at CERN Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Died in Edinburgh, Scotland Verified