Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Donald Knuth across 4 places, from 1960 to 2017.
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Donald Ervin Knuth (born January 10, 1938) is an American computer scientist and mathematician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Donald Knuth was documented, and when
1960 to 1969period
Stanfordattested“Knuth had a long association with Burroughs as a consultant from 1960 to 1968 until his move into more academic work at Stanford in 1969.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1969 to 1977period
Princeton Universityattested“In 1969, Knuth left his position at Princeton to join the Stanford University faculty, where he became Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science in 1977.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
2017year
Oxford University Department of Computer Scienceattested“He was a visiting professor at the Oxford University Department of Computer Science in the United Kingdom until 2017 and an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
2017year
United Kingdomattested“He was a visiting professor at the Oxford University Department of Computer Science in the United Kingdom until 2017 and an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
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Oxford University Department of Computer Science1 presence · 2017
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1956year
Clevelandmentioned“Knuth received a scholarship in physics to the Case Institute of Technology (now part of Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland, Ohio, enrolling in 1956.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1956year
Case Institutementioned“Knuth received a scholarship in physics to the Case Institute of Technology (now part of Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland, Ohio, enrolling in 1956.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
24 June 1961exact date
California Institute of Technologymentioned“Donald Knuth married Nancy Jill Carter on 24 June 1961, while he was a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
24 June 1961exact date
Californiamentioned“Donald Knuth married Nancy Jill Carter on 24 June 1961, while he was a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1963year
California Institute of Technologymentioned“In 1963, with mathematician Marshall Hall as his adviser, he earned a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, with a thesis titled Finite Semifields and Projective Planes.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1963year
Californiamentioned“In 1963, with mathematician Marshall Hall as his adviser, he earned a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, with a thesis titled Finite Semifields and Projective Planes.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1967year
Norwaymentioned“He attended a conference in Norway in May, 1967 organized by the people who invented the Simula language.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1970year
Stanfordmentioned“Knuth introduced the course at Stanford in 1970.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1973year
Stanfordmentioned“The third volume came out just after Knuth returned to Stanford in 1973.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1977year
Chinamentioned“He was given this name in 1977 by Frances Yao shortly before making a three-week trip to China.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
1980year
Chinamentioned“In the 1980 Chinese translation of Volume 1 of The Art of Computer Programming (), Knuth explains that he embraced his Chinese name because he wanted to be known by the growing numbers of computer programmers in China at the time.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
10 January 2018exact date
Swedenmentioned“It was premièred in Sweden on January 10, 2018.”source: Wikipedia: Donald Knuth
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