Quo Fuit places 13 dated presences for Freeman Dyson across 12 places, from 1923 to 2020.
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Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was a British-American theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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15 December 1923exact date
Crowthorneattested“Dyson was born on 15 December 1923, in Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
15 December 1923exact date
Berkshireattested“Dyson was born on 15 December 1923, in Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1947 to 1948period
United Statesattested“Taylor's advice and recommendation, Dyson moved to the United States in 1947 as a Commonwealth Fellow for postgraduate study with Hans Bethe at Cornell University (1947–1948).”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1948 to 1949period
Institute for Advanced Studyattested“He then moved to the Institute for Advanced Study (1948–1949), before returning to England (1949–51), where he was a research fellow at the University of Birmingham.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1948 to 1949period
Englandattested“He then moved to the Institute for Advanced Study (1948–1949), before returning to England (1949–51), where he was a research fellow at the University of Birmingham.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
December 1952month
Princeton, New Jerseyattested“In December 1952, Oppenheimer, the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, offered Dyson a lifetime appointment at the institute, "for proving me wrong", in Oppenheimer's words.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1990year
Duke Universityattested“* In 1990, Dyson taught at Duke University as a Fritz London Memorial Lecturer.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1994year
Institute for Advanced Studyattested“Dyson retired from the Institute for Advanced Study in 1994.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
2003year
Telluride, Coloradoattested“* In 2003, Dyson was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology in Telluride, Colorado.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
2018year
American University of Beirutattested“* In 2018, Dyson received the first Presidential Science and Humanism Award from the American University of Beirut.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
2018year
American Universityattested“* In 2018, Dyson received the first Presidential Science and Humanism Award from the American University of Beirut.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
28 February 2020exact date
Plainsboro Township, New Jerseyattested“Dyson died on 28 February 2020 at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, from complications following a fall.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
28 February 2020exact date
Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Centerattested“Dyson died on 28 February 2020 at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, from complications following a fall.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
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Telluride, Colorado1 presence · 2003
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1936 to 1941period
Winchester Collegementioned“From 1936 to 1941 Dyson was a scholar at Winchester College, where his father was Director of Music.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1948 to 1949period
University of Birminghammentioned“He then moved to the Institute for Advanced Study (1948–1949), before returning to England (1949–51), where he was a research fellow at the University of Birmingham.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1958year
American Academy of Arts and Sciencesmentioned“* Dyson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1958.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1964year
United Statesmentioned“* Dyson was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1964.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1973year
Institute for Advanced Studymentioned“In 1973 the number theorist Hugh Lowell Montgomery was visiting the Institute for Advanced Study and had just made his pair correlation conjecture concerning the distribution of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1976year
American Philosophical Societymentioned“* Dyson was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1976.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
1995year
Hebrew University of Jerusalemmentioned“* In 1995, he gave the Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, sponsored jointly by the Hebrew University and Harvard University Press that grew into the book Imagined Worlds.”source: Wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
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