Carl Sagan
1934 to 1996
6 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Carl Sagan across 6 places, from 1934 to 1996. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 to December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Carl Sagan was documented, and when
9 November 1934exact date
Bensonhurst, Brooklynattested
“Carl Edward Sagan was born on November 9, 1934, in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New York City's Brooklyn borough.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1956 to 1960period
University of Chicagoattested
“He went on to do graduate work at the University of Chicago, earning a Master of Science in physics in 1956 and a Doctor of Philosophy in astronomy and astrophysics in 1960.”
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4 July 1992exact date
Monticelloattested
“In a speech given at Monticello on July 4, 1992, Sagan emphasized the importance of science to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and democracy in America: It is a fact of life on our beleaguered little planet that widesprea…”
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4 July 1992exact date
Americaattested
“In a speech given at Monticello on July 4, 1992, Sagan emphasized the importance of science to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and democracy in America: It is a fact of life on our beleaguered little planet that widesprea…”
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1996year
Harvard Universityattested
“Following the denial of tenure from Harvard, Sagan accepted Gold's offer and remained a faculty member at Cornell for nearly 30 years until his death in 1996.”
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20 December 1996exact date
Seattleattested
“Perhaps we should hold a contest and collect the best responses in 'Ten Questions to Ask an Alien.'" After suffering from myelodysplasia for two years and receiving three bone marrow transplants from his sister, Sagan died from pneumonia…”
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Places Carl Sagan is documented in
America1 presence · 1992Harvard University1 presence · 1996Seattle1 presence · 1996University of Chicago1 presence · 1956
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn1 presence · 1934
Monticello1 presence · 1992
Other places tied to Carl Sagan in the record
In each of these, a source puts Carl Sagan and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Carl Sagan was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1948year
Rahway, New Jerseymentioned
“In 1948, when he was 14, his father's work took the family to Rahway, New Jersey, where he attended Rahway High School.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1951year
Rahway High Schoolmentioned
“Eliot and Alfred, Lord Tennyson and "the work containing perhaps the greatest poetry—the Bible." He graduated from Rahway High School in 1951.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1951year
Rahwaymentioned
“Eliot and Alfred, Lord Tennyson and "the work containing perhaps the greatest poetry—the Bible." He graduated from Rahway High School in 1951.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1959 to 1999period
University of California, Berkeleymentioned
“In 1999, an article published in the journal Nature revealed that Sagan had included the classified titles of two Project A119 papers in his 1959 application for a scholarship to University of California, Berkeley.”
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1960 to 1962period
University of California, Berkeleymentioned
“From 1960 to 1962, Sagan was a Miller Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.”
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1961year
RAND Corporationmentioned
“Meanwhile, he published an article in 1961 in the journal Science on the atmosphere of Venus, while also working with NASA's Mariner 2 team, and served as a "Planetary Sciences Consultant" to the RAND Corporation.”
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1961year
Harvard Universitymentioned
“After the publication of Sagan's Science article, in 1961, Harvard University astronomers Fred Whipple and Donald Menzel offered Sagan the opportunity to give a colloquium at Harvard and subsequently offered him a lecturer position at th…”
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1963 to 1968period
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatorymentioned
“Sagan lectured, performed research, and advised graduate students at the institution from 1963 until 1968, as well as working at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, also located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1963 to 1968period
Cambridge, Massachusettsmentioned
“Sagan lectured, performed research, and advised graduate students at the institution from 1963 until 1968, as well as working at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, also located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1963 to 1968period
Cambridgementioned
“Sagan lectured, performed research, and advised graduate students at the institution from 1963 until 1968, as well as working at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, also located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1968year
Harvard Universitymentioned
“In 1968, Sagan was denied academic tenure at Harvard.”
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16 November 1974exact date
Arecibo Observatorymentioned
“He may have contributed to Frank Drake's Arecibo message, a radio message beamed into space from the Arecibo Observatory on November 16, 1974, aimed at informing potential extraterrestrials about Earth.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1985year
US Congressmentioned
“He testified to the US Congress in 1985 that the greenhouse effect would change the Earth's climate system.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1986 to 1987period
Nevada National Security Sitementioned
“In response, US anti-nuclear and peace activists staged a series of protest actions at the Nevada Test Site, beginning on Easter Sunday in 1986 and continuing through 1987.”
source: Wikipedia: Carl Sagan
1990year
1990year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Philip RothUniversity of Chicago · 1956E. O. WilsonHarvard University · 1996James StewartBrooklyn · 1934Paul CohenBrooklyn · 1934Isaac AsimovAmerica · 1992Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of RussiaAmerica · 1992Vladimir ZhirinovskyAmerica · 1992
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