Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Gerard Kuiper across 4 places, from 1950 to 1973.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Gerard Peter Kuiper (born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper, 7 December 1905 – 23 December 1973) was a Dutch astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Gerard Kuiper was documented, and when
1950 to 1960period
University of Chicagoattested“From 1950-1960 he was professor at the University of Chicago, and from 1957 to 1959, Kuiper once again served as the director of the Yerkes and McDonald Observatories.”source: Wikipedia: Gerard Kuiper
1960 to 1973period
Tucsonattested“In 1960 Kuiper moved to Tucson, Arizona, to found the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona, serving as the laboratory's director for the rest of his life, until his death in 1973.”source: Wikipedia: Gerard Kuiper
1960 to 1973period
University of Arizonaattested“In 1960 Kuiper moved to Tucson, Arizona, to found the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona, serving as the laboratory's director for the rest of his life, until his death in 1973.”source: Wikipedia: Gerard Kuiper
23 December 1973exact date
Mexico Cityattested“Kuiper died age 68 of a heart attack on 23 December 1973 in Mexico City, while on vacation with his wife.”source: Wikipedia: Gerard Kuiper
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1933year
Netherlandsmentioned“Kuiper received his PhD degree from Leiden University in the Netherlands on his thesis on binary stars with Hertzsprung in 1933.”source: Wikipedia: Gerard Kuiper
1937year
Javamentioned“Although he had planned to move to Java to work at the Bosscha Observatory, he took a position at Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago and received American citizenship in 1937.”source: Wikipedia: Gerard Kuiper
1937year
Bosscha Observatorymentioned“Although he had planned to move to Java to work at the Bosscha Observatory, he took a position at Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago and received American citizenship in 1937.”source: Wikipedia: Gerard Kuiper
1959year
Chilementioned“In 1959, he sent Jürgen Stock to Chile, to search for suitable sites of an observatory for the Southern skies, who eventually would identify the spot for the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.”source: Wikipedia: Gerard Kuiper
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