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Alfred Korzybski

1879 to 1950 5 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Alfred Korzybski across 5 places, from 1916 to 1938. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski (July 3, 1879 – March 1, 1950) was a Polish-American philosopher and independent scholar who developed a field called general semantics, which he viewed as both distinct from, and more encompassing than, the field of semantics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Alfred Korzybski was documented, and when

1916year
Russiaattested “After being wounded in a leg and suffering other injuries, he moved to North America in 1916 (first to Canada, then to the United States) to coordinate the shipment of artillery to Russia.” source: Wikipedia: Alfred Korzybski
1916year
North Americaattested “After being wounded in a leg and suffering other injuries, he moved to North America in 1916 (first to Canada, then to the United States) to coordinate the shipment of artillery to Russia.” source: Wikipedia: Alfred Korzybski
1916year
Canadaattested “After being wounded in a leg and suffering other injuries, he moved to North America in 1916 (first to Canada, then to the United States) to coordinate the shipment of artillery to Russia.” source: Wikipedia: Alfred Korzybski
1916year
United Statesattested “After being wounded in a leg and suffering other injuries, he moved to North America in 1916 (first to Canada, then to the United States) to coordinate the shipment of artillery to Russia.” source: Wikipedia: Alfred Korzybski
1938year
Chicagoattested “In 1938, Korzybski founded the Institute of General Semantics in Chicago.” source: Wikipedia: Alfred Korzybski

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Places Alfred Korzybski is documented in

Canada1 presence · 1916Chicago1 presence · 1938North America1 presence · 1916Russia1 presence · 1916United States1 presence · 1916

Other places tied to Alfred Korzybski in the record

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1940year
United Statesmentioned “After the war he decided to remain in the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1940.” source: Wikipedia: Alfred Korzybski
1946 to 1950period
Lakeville, Connecticutmentioned “The post-World War II housing shortage in Chicago cost him the institute's building lease, so in 1946 he moved the institute to Lakeville, Connecticut, U.S., where he directed it until his death in 1950.” source: Wikipedia: Alfred Korzybski
1946 to 1950period
Chicagomentioned “The post-World War II housing shortage in Chicago cost him the institute's building lease, so in 1946 he moved the institute to Lakeville, Connecticut, U.S., where he directed it until his death in 1950.” source: Wikipedia: Alfred Korzybski

Documented at the same place, the same year

Alexander ProkhorovRussia · 1916J. Edgar HooverGeorge Washington University Law School · 1916Jacques CopeauGeorge Washington University Law School · 1916Lynn MargulisChicago · 1938George MikanChicago · 1938

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