Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Frederick Soddy across 7 places, from 1898 to 1956.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Frederick Soddy FRS (2 September 1877 – 22 September 1956) was an English radiochemist who explained, with Ernest Rutherford, that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements, now known to involve nuclear reactions.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Frederick Soddy was documented, and when
1898year
Eastbourneattested“He went to school at Eastbourne College, before going on to study at University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1898 with first class honours in chemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
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Merton College, Oxfordattested“He went to school at Eastbourne College, before going on to study at University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1898 with first class honours in chemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
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Eastbourne Collegeattested“He went to school at Eastbourne College, before going on to study at University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1898 with first class honours in chemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
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Aberystwyth Universityattested“He went to school at Eastbourne College, before going on to study at University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1898 with first class honours in chemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
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Aberystwythattested“He went to school at Eastbourne College, before going on to study at University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1898 with first class honours in chemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
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University of Oxfordattested“In 1919, he moved to the University of Oxford as the first Dr.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
1956year
Brightonattested“He died in Brighton, England in 1956, twenty days after his 79th birthday.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
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1898 to 1900period
University of Oxfordmentioned“He was a researcher at Oxford from 1898 to 1900.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
1900year
McGill Universitymentioned“In 1900, he became a demonstrator in chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he worked with Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
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Montrealmentioned“In 1900, he became a demonstrator in chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he worked with Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
1903year
University College Londonmentioned“In 1903, with Sir William Ramsay at University College London, Soddy showed that the decay of radium produced helium gas.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
1904 to 1914period
University of Glasgowmentioned“From 1904 to 1914, Soddy was a lecturer at the University of Glasgow.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
1914year
University of Aberdeenmentioned“In 1914 he was appointed to a chair at the University of Aberdeen, where he worked on research related to World War I.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick Soddy
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