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Gertrude B. Elion

1918 to 1999 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Gertrude B. Elion across 3 places, from 1918 to 1999. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Gertrude B. Elion was documented, and when

23 January 1918exact date
New York Cityattested “Elion was born in New York City on January 23, 1918, to parents Robert Elion, a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant and a dentist, and Bertha Cohen, a Polish Jewish immigrant.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion
23 January 1918exact date
New Yorkattested “Elion was born in New York City on January 23, 1918, to parents Robert Elion, a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant and a dentist, and Bertha Cohen, a Polish Jewish immigrant.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion
1999year
North Carolinaattested “Elion died in North Carolina in 1999, aged 81.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion

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Places Gertrude B. Elion is documented in

New York1 presence · 1918New York City1 presence · 1918North Carolina1 presence · 1999

Other places tied to Gertrude B. Elion in the record

In each of these, a source puts Gertrude B. Elion and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Gertrude B. Elion 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.

1937year
Hunter Collegementioned “She was Phi Beta Kappa at Hunter College, which she was able to attend for free due to her grades, graduating summa cum laude in 1937 with a degree in chemistry.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion
1983year
Burroughs Wellcomementioned “She retired in 1983 from Burroughs Wellcome to spend more time traveling and attending the opera.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion
1989year
New York Universitymentioned “from New York University Tandon School of Engineering (then Polytechnic University of New York) in 1989 and an honorary S.D.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion
1989year
New York University Tandon School of Engineeringmentioned “from New York University Tandon School of Engineering (then Polytechnic University of New York) in 1989 and an honorary S.D.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion
1989year
New Yorkmentioned “from New York University Tandon School of Engineering (then Polytechnic University of New York) in 1989 and an honorary S.D.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion
1998year
Harvardmentioned “degree from Harvard University in 1998.” source: Wikipedia: Gertrude B. Elion

Documented at the same place, the same year

Michel FokineNew York · 1918Jerome KarleNew York · 1918Judith AndersonNew York City · 1918Margaret MitchellNew York · 1918Alfred StieglitzNew York · 1918

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Sources

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