Lynn Margulis | Timetoast

Mar 5, 1938

Birth

Born in Chicago, Illinois
Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945

World War 2
Period: Jan 1, 1946 to Jan 1, 1990

Cold War
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War
May 13, 1957

Graduated From Univercity of Chicago

undergraduate degree in A.B. in Liberal Arts
Jul 22, 1957

Got Married

married the famous astronomer Carl Sagan
May 19, 1960

Graduated From University of Wisconsin

She received her M. S. degree in genetics and zoology
May 17, 1963

Graduated From University of California, Berkeley

Received her Ph.D. in Genetics
Jan 1, 1964

Divorce

Carl Sagan
Jan 1, 1966

took a position in the Biology Department at Boston University

Where she was working when she did her pioneering work on cellular evolution and the endosymbiotic theory.
Jan 1, 1967

Wrote her first article on the endosymbiotic theory

Where she stated eukaryotic cells evolved through a series of symbiotic partnerships
Jan 1, 1970

Published

published her argument in The Origin of Eukaryotic Cells
Apr 12, 1983

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Jan 1, 2008

Awarded the the Darwin-Wallace Medal of the Linnean Society of London
Nov 22, 2011

Died

died of a hemorrhagic stroke