Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Albert A. Michelson across 8 places, from 1852 to 1931.
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Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American experimental physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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19 December 1852exact date
Strelnoattested“Albert Abraham Michelson was born on December 19, 1852, in Strelno (now Strzelno, Poland), Prussia, into a Polish-Jewish family.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1855year
United Statesattested“He moved to the United States with his parents in 1855, at the age of 2.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1859year
Murphys, Californiaattested“The home in which Michelson lived as a child in Murphys Camp, California, was in the store of his father, first on Main Street, across from the Sperry & Perry Hotel, and after the 1859 fire in a store next to the hotel.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1883year
Case School of Applied Scienceattested“In 1883, he was appointed Professor of Physics at the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, and concentrated on developing an improved interferometer.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1883year
Clevelandattested“In 1883, he was appointed Professor of Physics at the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, and concentrated on developing an improved interferometer.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1890year
Clark Universityattested“In 1890, Michelson became a professor at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1890year
Worcester, Massachusettsattested“In 1890, Michelson became a professor at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
9 May 1931exact date
Pasadena, Californiaattested“Michelson died on May 9, 1931, in Pasadena, California, at the age of 78.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
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United Statesmentioned“As early as 1869, while serving as an officer in the United States Navy, Michelson started planning a repeat of the rotating-mirror method of Léon Foucault for measuring the speed of light, using improved optics and a longer baseline.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1877year
Annapolismentioned“While in Annapolis, he conducted his first experiments on the speed of light as part of a class demonstration in 1877.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1879year
Washington DCmentioned“Michelson published his result of 299,910 ± 50 km/s in 1879 before joining Newcomb in Washington DC to assist with his measurements there.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
1920year
Lookout Mountain (Los Angeles County, California)mentioned“From 1920, Michelson started planning a definitive measurement from the Mount Wilson Observatory, using a baseline to Lookout Mountain, a prominent bump on the south ridge of Mount San Antonio ("Old Baldy"), some 22 miles distant.”source: Wikipedia: Albert A. Michelson
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