Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Buckminster Fuller across 5 places, from 1895 to 1965.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr. (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Buckminster Fuller was documented, and when
12 July 1895exact date
Milton, Massachusettsattested“Fuller was born on July 12, 1895, in Milton, Massachusetts, the son of Richard Buckminster Fuller, a prosperous leather and tea merchant, and Caroline Wolcott Andrews.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1928year
Greenwich Villageattested“finding ways of doing more with less to the end that all people everywhere can have more and more." By 1928, Fuller was living in Greenwich Village and spending much of his time at the popular café Romany Marie's, where he had spent an e…”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1948year
North Carolinaattested“Fuller taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina during the summers of 1948 and 1949, serving as its Summer Institute director in 1949.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1965 to 1975period
Southern Illinois University Edwardsvilleattested“In 1965, they inaugurated the World Design Science Decade (1965 to 1975) at the meeting of the International Union of Architects in Paris, which was, in Fuller's own words, devoted to "applying the principles of science to solving the pr…”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1965 to 1975period
Parisattested“In 1965, they inaugurated the World Design Science Decade (1965 to 1975) at the meeting of the International Union of Architects in Paris, which was, in Fuller's own words, devoted to "applying the principles of science to solving the pr…”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville1 presence · 1965
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1927year
Lake Michiganmentioned“During the autumn of 1927, Fuller contemplated suicide by drowning in Lake Michigan, so that his family could benefit from a life insurance payment.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1929year
Marshall Field'smentioned“It was invented around 1929 by two admen at Marshall Field's department store in Chicago to describe Fuller's concept house, which was shown as part of a house of the future store display.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1933year
Chicagomentioned“The Dymaxion car was a vehicle designed by Fuller, featured prominently at Chicago's 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1933year
Expo 67mentioned“Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home * Aerodynamic Dymaxion car (1933) * Prefabricated compact bathroom cell (1937) * Dymaxion deployment unit (1940) * Dymaxion map of the world (1946) * Tensegrity structures (1949) * Geodesic d…”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1945year
Bennington Collegementioned“One of his early models was first constructed in 1945 at Bennington College in Vermont, where he lectured often.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1945year
Vermontmentioned“One of his early models was first constructed in 1945 at Bennington College in Vermont, where he lectured often.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1949year
North Carolinamentioned“Fuller lectured at North Carolina State University in Raleigh in 1949, where he met James Fitzgibbon, who would become a close friend and colleague.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1949year
North Carolina State Universitymentioned“Fuller lectured at North Carolina State University in Raleigh in 1949, where he met James Fitzgibbon, who would become a close friend and colleague.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1949year
Raleighmentioned“Fuller lectured at North Carolina State University in Raleigh in 1949, where he met James Fitzgibbon, who would become a close friend and colleague.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1959year
University of Oregonmentioned“Fuller's first "continuous tension – discontinuous compression" geodesic dome (full sphere in this case) was constructed at the University of Oregon Architecture School in 1959 with the help of students.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1962year
New Yorkmentioned“In 1962, the artist and searcher John McHale wrote the first monograph on Fuller, published by George Braziller in New York.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1970year
Bear Island (Maine)mentioned“He was described as "tireless" by Barry Farrell in Life magazine, who noted that Fuller stayed up all night replying to mail during Farrell's 1970 trip to Bear Island.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
1976year
Vancouvermentioned“In 1976, Fuller was a key participant at UN Habitat I, the first UN forum on human settlements, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.”source: Wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller
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