Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Clyde Tombaugh across 5 places, from 1906 to 1997.
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Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Clyde Tombaugh was documented, and when
4 February 1906exact date
Streator, Illinoisattested“Tombaugh was born in Streator, Illinois, son of Muron Dealvo Tombaugh, a farmer of Pennsylvania Dutch descent, and his wife Adella Pearl Chritton on February 4, 1906.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
1955 to 1973period
New Mexico State Universityattested“He worked at White Sands Missile Range in the early 1950s, and taught astronomy at New Mexico State University from 1955 until his retirement in 1973.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
1955 to 1973period
White Sands Missile Rangeattested“He worked at White Sands Missile Range in the early 1950s, and taught astronomy at New Mexico State University from 1955 until his retirement in 1973.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
1955 to 1973period
New Mexicoattested“He worked at White Sands Missile Range in the early 1950s, and taught astronomy at New Mexico State University from 1955 until his retirement in 1973.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
17 January 1997exact date
Las Cruces, New Mexicoattested“Tombaugh died on January 17, 1997, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, at the age of 90, and he was cremated.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
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Places Clyde Tombaugh is documented in
Las Cruces, New Mexico1 presence · 1997
New Mexico1 presence · 1955
New Mexico State University1 presence · 1955
Streator, Illinois1 presence · 1906
White Sands Missile Range1 presence · 1955
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1918year
Lake Geneva, Wisconsinmentioned“Tombaugh's interest in astronomy appears to have begun when he visited the Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when he was 12 years old in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
1918year
Lake Genevamentioned“Tombaugh's interest in astronomy appears to have begun when he visited the Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when he was 12 years old in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
1921 to 1922period
Burdett, Kansasmentioned“The family's poor finances, due to years of bad weather on the farm and a bad corn harvest in 1921, caused them to move to a new farm in Burdett, Kansas in 1922.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
1936 to 1938period
University of Kansasmentioned“Following his discovery, Tombaugh earned bachelor's and master's degrees in astronomy from the University of Kansas in 1936 and 1938.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
27 August 1941exact date
White Sands Missile Rangementioned“Their apparent lack of obedience to the ordinary laws of celestial motion gives credence." In 1949, Tombaugh had also told the Naval missile director at White Sands Missile Range, Commander Robert McLaughlin, that he had seen a bright fl…”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
20 August 1949exact date
Las Cruces, New Mexicomentioned“On August 20, 1949, Tombaugh saw several unidentified objects near Las Cruces, New Mexico.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
1957year
Los Angelesmentioned“He adds that there is no connection between the search program and the reports of so-called flying saucers." At a meteor conference in Los Angeles in 1957, Tombaugh reiterated that his four-year search for "natural satellites" had been u…”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
1980year
International Space Hall of Famementioned“In 1980 he was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame.”source: Wikipedia: Clyde Tombaugh
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