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Christian Doppler

1803 to 1853 7 documented presences 7 places

Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Christian Doppler across 7 places, from 1803 to 1853. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Christian Andreas Doppler (29 November 1803 – 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Christian Doppler is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.

Where Christian Doppler was documented, and when

1803year
Salzburgattested “Doppler was born in Salzburg (today Austria) in 1803.” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1822year
Viennaattested “Upon his recommendation, Doppler took a break from high school to attend the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna in 1822.” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1847year
Prague Polytechnicattested “Doppler continued working as a professor at the Prague Polytechnic, publishing over 50 articles on mathematics, physics and astronomy, but in 1847 he left Prague for the professorship of mathematics, physics, and mechanics at the Academy…” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1847year
University of Miskolcattested “Doppler continued working as a professor at the Prague Polytechnic, publishing over 50 articles on mathematics, physics and astronomy, but in 1847 he left Prague for the professorship of mathematics, physics, and mechanics at the Academy…” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1847year
Selmecbányaattested “Doppler continued working as a professor at the Prague Polytechnic, publishing over 50 articles on mathematics, physics and astronomy, but in 1847 he left Prague for the professorship of mathematics, physics, and mechanics at the Academy…” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1847year
Pragueattested “Doppler continued working as a professor at the Prague Polytechnic, publishing over 50 articles on mathematics, physics and astronomy, but in 1847 he left Prague for the professorship of mathematics, physics, and mechanics at the Academy…” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
17 March 1853exact date
Veniceattested “Doppler died on 17 March 1853 at age 49 from a pulmonary disease in Venice (at that time part of the Austrian Empire).” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler

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Places Christian Doppler is documented in

Prague1 presence · 1847Salzburg1 presence · 1803Venice1 presence · 1853Vienna1 presence · 1822
Prague Polytechnic1 presence · 1847
Selmecbánya1 presence · 1847
University of Miskolc1 presence · 1847

Other places tied to Christian Doppler in the record

In each of these, a source puts Christian Doppler and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Christian Doppler 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.

1825year
Salzburgmentioned “Doppler returned to Salzburg in 1825 to finish his secondary education.” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1835year
United Statesmentioned “In 1835, he decided to immigrate to the United States to pursue a position in academia.” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1837year
Prague Polytechnicmentioned “Shortly after, in 1837 he was appointed as an associate professor of math and geometry at the Prague Polytechnic Institute (now Czech Technical University in Prague).” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1837year
Praguementioned “Shortly after, in 1837 he was appointed as an associate professor of math and geometry at the Prague Polytechnic Institute (now Czech Technical University in Prague).” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1849 to 1850period
University of Viennamentioned “In 1849, he fled to Vienna and in 1850 was appointed head of the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Vienna.” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1849 to 1850period
Viennamentioned “In 1849, he fled to Vienna and in 1850 was appointed head of the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Vienna.” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler
1851 to 1853period
University of Viennamentioned “While there, Doppler, along with Franz Unger, influenced the development of young Gregor Mendel, the founding father of genetics, who was a student at the University of Vienna from 1851 to 1853.” source: Wikipedia: Christian Doppler

Documented at the same place, the same year

Carl von RokitanskyPrague Polytechnic · 1847

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How to read this page

Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.

A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured, explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there, mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.

Sources

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