Percy Julian vs Pyotr Kapitsa
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Compare the life timelines of Percy Julian (1899–1975) and Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 76 years, from 1899 to 1975.
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Percy Julian (1899–1975)
- — Born in Montgomery, Alabama Verified
- — Graduated as valedictorian from DePauw University Verified
- — Earned master's degree in chemistry from Harvard University Verified
- — Received Ph.D. from the University of Vienna Verified
- — Completed the first total synthesis of physostigmine Verified
- — Married Anna Roselle Johnson Verified
- — Became director of research at the Glidden Company Verified
- — Founded Julian Laboratories Verified
- — Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Died in Waukegan, Illinois Verified
Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984)
- — Born in Kronstadt, Russian Empire Verified
- — Moved to England to work at the Cavendish Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed director of the Mond Laboratory at Cambridge Verified
- — Detained in the Soviet Union Verified
- — Founded the Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow Verified
- — Discovered the superfluidity of liquid helium Verified
- — Dismissed from his institute after refusing atomic bomb work Verified
- — Reinstated as director of the Institute for Physical Problems Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Died in Moscow, Soviet Union Verified