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George Pólya

1887 to 1985 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for George Pólya across 4 places, from 1914 to 1985. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

George Pólya (December 13, 1887 – September 7, 1985) was a Hungarian-American mathematician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where George Pólya was documented, and when

1914 to 1953period
ETH Zürichattested “He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich in Switzerland and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University.” source: Wikipedia: George Pólya
1914 to 1953period
Stanford Universityattested “He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich in Switzerland and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University.” source: Wikipedia: George Pólya
1914 to 1953period
Switzerlandattested “He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich in Switzerland and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University.” source: Wikipedia: George Pólya
7 September 1985exact date
Palo Alto, Californiaattested “On September 7, 1985, Pólya died in Palo Alto, California due to complications of a stroke he suffered during that summer.” source: Wikipedia: George Pólya

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Places George Pólya is documented in

Palo Alto, California1 presence · 1985Stanford University1 presence · 1914Switzerland1 presence · 1914
ETH Zürich1 presence · 1914

Other places tied to George Pólya in the record

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

1912year
Eötvös Loránd Universitymentioned “He received a PhD under Lipót Fejér in 1912, at Eötvös Loránd University.” source: Wikipedia: George Pólya
1928 to 1950period
Bolognamentioned “He was invited to speak at the ICM at Bologna in 1928, at Oslo in 1936 and at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1950.” source: Wikipedia: George Pólya
1928 to 1950period
Oslomentioned “He was invited to speak at the ICM at Bologna in 1928, at Oslo in 1936 and at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1950.” source: Wikipedia: George Pólya
1928 to 1950period
Cambridgementioned “He was invited to speak at the ICM at Bologna in 1928, at Oslo in 1936 and at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1950.” source: Wikipedia: George Pólya

Documented at the same place, the same year

Eugen d'AlbertETH Zürich · 1914Lotte LenyaETH Zürich · 1914Igor StravinskySwitzerland · 1914Ilya RepinSwitzerland · 1914Hermann RorschachSwitzerland · 1914Alexej von JawlenskySwitzerland · 1914

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Sources

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