Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Georges Lemaître across 4 places, from 1925 to 1964.
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Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître (17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, and mathematician who made major contributions to cosmology and astrophysics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Georges Lemaître was documented, and when
1925 to 1927period
Belgiumattested“On his return to Belgium in 1925, Lemaître became a part-time lecturer at the Catholic University of Louvain and began working on a report that was finally published in 1927 in the ("Annals of the Scientific Society of Brussels"), under…”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
1933 to 1934period
Catholic University of Americaattested“In 1933–1934, Lemaître was a guest professor at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
1933 to 1934period
Washington, D.C.attested“In 1933–1934, Lemaître was a guest professor at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
December 1964month
Romeattested“However, since his health made it impossible for him to travel to Rome —he suffered a heart attack in December 1964— Lemaître demurred.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
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1910year
City of Brusselsmentioned“In 1910, after a fire destroyed the glassworks, the family moved to Brussels, where Joseph had found a new position as manager for the French bank Société Générale.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
29 September 1931exact date
Londonmentioned“This was published in Nature, and later that year Lemaître participated in a public colloquium on "The Evolution of the Universe" held in London on 29 September 1931 to mark the centenary of the British Association for the Advancement of…”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
January 1933month
City of Brusselsmentioned“Lemaître and Einstein met on four occasions: in 1927 in Brussels, at the time of a Solvay Conference; in 1932 in Belgium, at the time of a cycle of conferences in Brussels; in California in January 1933; and in 1935 at Princeton.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
January 1933month
Princeton Universitymentioned“Lemaître and Einstein met on four occasions: in 1927 in Brussels, at the time of a Solvay Conference; in 1932 in Belgium, at the time of a cycle of conferences in Brussels; in California in January 1933; and in 1935 at Princeton.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
January 1933month
Californiamentioned“Lemaître and Einstein met on four occasions: in 1927 in Brussels, at the time of a Solvay Conference; in 1932 in Belgium, at the time of a cycle of conferences in Brussels; in California in January 1933; and in 1935 at Princeton.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
1933year
California Institute of Technologymentioned“In 1933 at the California Institute of Technology, after Lemaître presented his theory, Einstein stood up, applauded, and is reported to have said, "This is the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation of creation to which I have ever…”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
1945year
American Philosophical Societymentioned“Lemaître was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
1951year
Pontifical Academy of Sciencesmentioned“In 1951, Pope Pius XII gave an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, with Lemaître in the audience, in which he drew a parallel between the new Big Bang cosmology and the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo: Lemaître was rep…”source: Wikipedia: Georges Lemaître
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