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Charles Sanders Peirce

1839 to 1914 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Charles Sanders Peirce across 4 places, from 1869 to 1907. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Charles Sanders Peirce (September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism".Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Charles Sanders Peirce was documented, and when

1869 to 1872period
Harvardattested “From 1869 to 1872, he was employed as an assistant in Harvard's astronomical observatory, doing important work on determining the brightness of stars and the shape of the Milky Way.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
January 1872month
Cambridge, Massachusettsattested “In 1872 he founded the Metaphysical Club, a conversational philosophical club that Peirce, the future Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the philosopher and psychologist William James, amongst others, formed in January 1872…” source: Wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
1887year
Milford, Pennsylvaniaattested “In 1887, Peirce spent part of his inheritance from his parents to buy of rural land near Milford, Pennsylvania, which never yielded an economic return.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
1907 to 1910period
Bostonattested “Most important, each year from 1907 until James's death in 1910, James wrote to his friends in the Boston intelligentsia to request financial aid for Peirce; the fund continued even after James died.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce

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Places Charles Sanders Peirce is documented in

Boston1 presence · 1907Cambridge, Massachusetts1 presence · 1872Harvard1 presence · 1869
Milford, Pennsylvania1 presence · 1887

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1862year
Harvardmentioned “Peirce went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree (1862) from Harvard.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
1875year
Geneva Observatorymentioned “In 1875, Peirce conducted experiments at the Geneva Observatory with his reversible pendulum, and commissioned the in Plainpalais a vacuum chamber for his pendulum.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
1875year
Plainpalaismentioned “In 1875, Peirce conducted experiments at the Geneva Observatory with his reversible pendulum, and commissioned the in Plainpalais a vacuum chamber for his pendulum.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
1897 to 1903period
Harvardmentioned “The one who did the most to help Peirce in these desperate times was his old friend William James, dedicating his Will to Believe (1897) to Peirce, and arranging for Peirce to be paid to give two series of lectures at or near Harvard (18…” source: Wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce

Documented at the same place, the same year

Alexander Graham BellBoston · 1872

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