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Allan MacLeod Cormack

1924 to 1998 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Allan MacLeod Cormack across 4 places, from 1924 to 1956. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a South African and American physicist, academic, and Nobel Laureate.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Allan MacLeod Cormack was documented, and when

23 February 1924exact date
Johannesburgattested “Cormack was born on February 23, 1924, in Johannesburg, South Africa.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack
1956 to 1957period
Tufts Universityattested “Following a sabbatical at Harvard in 1956–57, the couple agreed to move to the United States, and Cormack became a professor at Tufts University in the fall of 1957.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack
1956 to 1957period
Harvardattested “Following a sabbatical at Harvard in 1956–57, the couple agreed to move to the United States, and Cormack became a professor at Tufts University in the fall of 1957.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack
1956 to 1957period
United Statesattested “Following a sabbatical at Harvard in 1956–57, the couple agreed to move to the United States, and Cormack became a professor at Tufts University in the fall of 1957.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack

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Places Allan MacLeod Cormack is documented in

Harvard1 presence · 1956Johannesburg1 presence · 1924United States1 presence · 1956
Tufts University1 presence · 1956

Other places tied to Allan MacLeod Cormack in the record

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1944year
University of Cape Townmentioned “in physics in 1944 from the University of Cape Town and his M.Sc.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack
1947 to 1949period
University of Cambridgementioned “He was a doctoral student at Cambridge University from 1947 to 1949, and while at Cambridge he met his future wife, Barbara Seavey, an American physics student.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack
1947 to 1949period
Cambridgementioned “He was a doctoral student at Cambridge University from 1947 to 1949, and while at Cambridge he met his future wife, Barbara Seavey, an American physics student.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack
1950year
University of Cape Townmentioned “After marrying Seavey, he returned to the University of Cape Town in early 1950 to lecture.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack
1956 to 1957period
University of Cape Townmentioned “This work was initiated at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital in early 1956 and continued briefly in mid-1957 after returning from his sabbatical.” source: Wikipedia: Allan MacLeod Cormack

Documented at the same place, the same year

Jacques DerridaHarvard University · 1956Frank GehryHarvard University · 1956J. Allen HynekHarvard University · 1956Thomas SchellingHarvard University · 1956SukarnoUnited States · 1956Benjamin NetanyahuUnited States · 1956Rosalind FranklinUnited States · 1956Mircea EliadeUnited States · 1956Christiaan BarnardUnited States · 1956Max FrischUnited States · 1956Richard E. ByrdUnited States · 1956Ivar GiaeverUnited States · 1956

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