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Constantin Carathéodory

1873 to 1950 6 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Constantin Carathéodory across 5 places, from 1873 to 1883. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Constantin Carathéodory (13 September 1873 – 2 February 1950) was a Greek mathematician who spent most of his professional career in Germany.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Constantin Carathéodory was documented, and when

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Berlinattested “Constantin Carathéodory was born in 1873 in Berlin to Greek parents and grew up in Brussels.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Greeceattested “Constantin Carathéodory was born in 1873 in Berlin to Greek parents and grew up in Brussels.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Brusselsattested “Constantin Carathéodory was born in 1873 in Berlin to Greek parents and grew up in Brussels.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Istanbulattested “The Carathéodory family spent 1874–75 in Constantinople, where Constantin's paternal grandfather lived, while his father Stephanos was on leave.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Cannesattested “The year 1879 was a tragic one for the family since Constantin's paternal grandfather died in that year, but much more tragically, Constantin's mother Despina died of pneumonia in Cannes.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
1883 to 1884period
Berlinattested “He left after two years and then spent time with his father on a visit to Berlin, and also spent the winters of 1883–84 and 1884–85 on the Italian Riviera.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory

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Places Constantin Carathéodory is documented in

Berlin2 presences · 1873 to 1883Brussels1 presence · 1873Cannes1 presence · 1879Greece1 presence · 1873Istanbul1 presence · 1874

Other places tied to Constantin Carathéodory in the record

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

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Brusselsmentioned “Then in 1875 they went to Brussels when Stephanos was appointed there as Ottoman Ambassador.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Brusselsmentioned “Back in Brussels in 1885 he attended a grammar school for a year where he first began to become interested in mathematics.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Humboldt University of Berlinmentioned “* 1900 Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
April 1900month
Egyptmentioned “This job took him to Egypt where he worked on the construction of the Assiut dam until April 1900.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Pyramid of Cheopsmentioned “He also visited the Cheops pyramid and made measurements which he wrote up and published in 1901.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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University of Bonnmentioned “* 1902 Completed graduation at University of Göttingen (1904 Ph.D., 1905 Habilitation) * 1908 Dozent at University of Bonn * 1909 Ordinary Professor at Hannover Technical High School.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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University of Hannovermentioned “* 1902 Completed graduation at University of Göttingen (1904 Ph.D., 1905 Habilitation) * 1908 Dozent at University of Bonn * 1909 Ordinary Professor at Hannover Technical High School.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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University of Göttingenmentioned “* 1902 Completed graduation at University of Göttingen (1904 Ph.D., 1905 Habilitation) * 1908 Dozent at University of Bonn * 1909 Ordinary Professor at Hannover Technical High School.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Wrocław University of Technologymentioned “* 1910 Ordinary Professor at Breslau Technical High School.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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University of Göttingenmentioned “* 1913 Professor following Klein at University of Göttingen.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Humboldt University of Berlinmentioned “* 1919 Professor at Humboldt University of Berlin * 1919 Elected to Prussian Academy of Science.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Ionian Universitymentioned “* 1920 University Dean at Ionian University of Smyrna (later, University of the Aegean).” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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University of Athensmentioned “* 1922 Professor at University of Athens.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Athens Polytechnicmentioned “* 1922 Professor at Athens Polytechnic.” source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
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Athensmentioned source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
1924year
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenmentioned source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
1943year
Athensmentioned source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory
1943year
Athens Universitymentioned source: Wikipedia: Constantin Carathéodory

Documented at the same place, the same year

Otto von BismarckGermany · 1873Gabriel LippmannGermany · 1873Anton von WernerGermany · 1873Alois AlzheimerHumboldt University Berlin · 1883Walther NernstHumboldt University Berlin · 1883Ferdinand von RichthofenHumboldt University Berlin · 1883

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