Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Benoit Mandelbrot across 3 places, from 1944 to 1958.
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Benoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and "the uncontrolled element in life".Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Benoit Mandelbrot was documented, and when
1944 to 1947period
Parisattested“Much of France was occupied by the Nazis at the time, and Mandelbrot recalls this period: In 1944, Mandelbrot returned to Paris, studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon, and in 1945 to 1947 attended the prestigious École Polytechnique, wher…”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1944 to 1947period
Lyonattested“Much of France was occupied by the Nazis at the time, and Mandelbrot recalls this period: In 1944, Mandelbrot returned to Paris, studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon, and in 1945 to 1947 attended the prestigious École Polytechnique, wher…”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1958year
United Statesattested“In 1958 the couple moved to the United States where Mandelbrot joined the research staff at the IBM Thomas J.”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
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1936year
Second Polish Republicmentioned“During his first two school years, he was tutored privately by an uncle who despised rote learning: "Most of my time was spent playing chess, reading maps and learning how to open my eyes to everything around me." In 1936, when he was 11…”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1936year
Francementioned“During his first two school years, he was tutored privately by an uncle who despised rote learning: "Most of my time was spent playing chess, reading maps and learning how to open my eyes to everything around me." In 1936, when he was 11…”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1947 to 1949period
California Institute of Technologymentioned“From 1947 to 1949 he studied at California Institute of Technology, where he earned a master's degree in aeronautics.”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1952year
Francementioned“Returning to France, he obtained his PhD degree in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Paris in 1952.”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1955year
Geneva, Switzerlandmentioned“In 1955 he married Aliette Kagan and moved to Geneva, Switzerland (to collaborate with Jean Piaget at the International Centre for Genetic Epistemology) and later to the Université Lille Nord de France.”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1955year
International Centrementioned“In 1955 he married Aliette Kagan and moved to Geneva, Switzerland (to collaborate with Jean Piaget at the International Centre for Genetic Epistemology) and later to the Université Lille Nord de France.”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1987 to 1993period
Yalementioned“In 1987, Mandelbrot joined the Department of Mathematics at Yale, while continuing as an IBM Fellow until his fellowship ended in 1993.”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
1999year
Yalementioned“He joined the Department of Mathematics at Yale, and obtained his first tenured post in 1999, at the age of 75.”source: Wikipedia: Benoit Mandelbrot
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