Bruno Pontecorvo
1913 to 1993
9 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Bruno Pontecorvo across 8 places, from 1913 to 1993. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Bruno Pontecorvo (Bruno Maksimovich Pontecorvo; 22 August 1913 – 24 September 1993) was an Italian–Russian nuclear physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi and the author of numerous studies in high energy physics, especially on neutrinos.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Bruno Pontecorvo was documented, and when
22 August 1913exact date
Marina di Pisaattested
“Pontecorvo was born on 22 August 1913 in Marina di Pisa, the fourth of eight children of Massimo Pontecorvo and his wife Maria .”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
1931year
University of Pisaattested
“He entered the University of Pisa intending to study engineering, but after two years, he decided to switch to physics in 1931.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
February 1936month
Collège de Franceattested
“In February 1936, Pontecorvo left Italy and moved to Paris to work in the laboratory of Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie at the Collège de France on a one-year scholarship to study the effects of collisions of neutrons with protons and on…”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
February 1936month
Parisattested
“In February 1936, Pontecorvo left Italy and moved to Paris to work in the laboratory of Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie at the Collège de France on a one-year scholarship to study the effects of collisions of neutrons with protons and on…”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
February 1936month
Italyattested
“In February 1936, Pontecorvo left Italy and moved to Paris to work in the laboratory of Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie at the Collège de France on a one-year scholarship to study the effects of collisions of neutrons with protons and on…”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
February 1936month
Collattested
“In February 1936, Pontecorvo left Italy and moved to Paris to work in the laboratory of Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie at the Collège de France on a one-year scholarship to study the effects of collisions of neutrons with protons and on…”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
1938 to 1939period
Parisattested
“Guido moved to Britain in 1938, followed by Giovanni, Laura and Anna in 1939, while Gillo joined Pontecorvo in Paris.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
June 1939month
Swedenattested
“In June 1939, Pontecorvo applied for a visa to visit Sweden, but his application was rejected.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
24 September 1993exact date
Dubnaattested
“Pontecorvo died in Dubna on 24 September 1993, afflicted by Parkinson's disease.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
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Places Bruno Pontecorvo is documented in
Paris2 presences · 1936 to 1938Coll1 presence · 1936Collège de France1 presence · 1936Italy1 presence · 1936Sweden1 presence · 1939
Dubna1 presence · 1993
Marina di Pisa1 presence · 1913
University of Pisa1 presence · 1931
Other places tied to Bruno Pontecorvo in the record
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1937year
Parismentioned
“Whether because of his relationship with Marianne, his interesting work on isomers, or the deteriorating political situation in Italy, he turned down an opportunity in 1937 to apply for a tenured position at the University of Rome to sta…”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
1937year
Italymentioned
“Whether because of his relationship with Marianne, his interesting work on isomers, or the deteriorating political situation in Italy, he turned down an opportunity in 1937 to apply for a tenured position at the University of Rome to sta…”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
6 September 1939exact date
Parismentioned
“Marianne rejoined him in Paris on 6 September 1939, three days after the British and French declaration of war on Germany in response to the German invasion of Poland that started the Second World War in Europe.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
2 June 1940exact date
Toulousementioned
“On 2 June 1940, he saw Marianne and Gil off with their chattels on a train to Toulouse, where his sister Giuliana lived with her husband, Duccio Tabet.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
19 July 1940exact date
Lisbonmentioned
“Pontecorvo, Marianne, Gil, Giuliana and Tabet boarded a train that took them to Lisbon via Madrid on 19 July 1940.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
19 July 1940exact date
Madridmentioned
“Pontecorvo, Marianne, Gil, Giuliana and Tabet boarded a train that took them to Lisbon via Madrid on 19 July 1940.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
9 August 1940exact date
United Statesmentioned
“Marianne had a miscarriage and was hardly fit to travel, but nonetheless boarded the liner Quanza on 9 August 1940 on its voyage bringing refugees to the United States.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
19 August 1940exact date
New York Citymentioned
“On 19 August 1940, the ship reached New York City, where they stayed with his brother Paolo.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
19 August 1940exact date
New Yorkmentioned
“On 19 August 1940, the ship reached New York City, where they stayed with his brother Paolo.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
April 1942month
New Yorkmentioned
“In an attempt to obtain them, he met with Fermi, von Halban and George Placzek in New York in April 1942.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
1943year
Washington, D.C.mentioned
“It noted, from its 1943 Manhattan Project files, that Pontecorvo's siblings Giuliana, Laura and Gillo were communists, and that Pontecorvo and Marianne were probably communists too, and reported this to MI5 in Britain, and MI6's Kim Phil…”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
15 January 1943exact date
Montrealmentioned
“Pontecorvo was officially appointed to Tube Alloys on 15 January 1943, and arrived in Montreal with his family on 7 February 1943.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
August 1945month
United Statesmentioned
“Physicists were in great demand after the war ended in August 1945, and Pontecorvo received attractive and lucrative offers from several universities in the United States.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
5 September 1945exact date
Chalk Rivermentioned
“With heavy water supplied by the United States, the reactor at Chalk River, known as ZEEP, went critical on 5 September 1945.”
source: Wikipedia: Bruno Pontecorvo
1947year
1947year
1949year
1 September 1950exact date
1 September 1950exact date
1 September 1950exact date
March 1951month
1952year
1952year
1952year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Émile BenvenisteCollège de France · 1936Carl Friedrich GoerdelerSweden · 1939Édouard DaladierItaly · 1936Alberto SordiItaly · 1936Robert MichelsItaly · 1936Joe D'AmatoItaly · 1936Piet MondrianParis · 1938Hannah ArendtParis · 1938Joachim von RibbentropParis · 1938Arthur KoestlerParis · 1938Franz WerfelParis · 1938Rudolf HilferdingParis · 1938
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