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Gordon Allport

1897 to 1967 5 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Gordon Allport across 4 places, from 1926 to 1967. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Gordon William Allport (November 11, 1897 – October 9, 1967) was an American psychologist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Gordon Allport was documented, and when

1926 to 1930period
Harvardattested “After going to teach introductory courses on social psychology and personality at Dartmouth College for four years (1926 to 1930), Allport returned to Harvard and remained there for the rest of his career.” source: Wikipedia: Gordon Allport
1926 to 1930period
Dartmouth Collegeattested “After going to teach introductory courses on social psychology and personality at Dartmouth College for four years (1926 to 1930), Allport returned to Harvard and remained there for the rest of his career.” source: Wikipedia: Gordon Allport
1930 to 1967period
Harvardattested “Allport was a member of the faculty at Harvard University from 1930 to 1967.” source: Wikipedia: Gordon Allport
9 October 1967exact date
Cambridge, Massachusettsattested “Gordon Allport died on October 9, 1967, at the Stillman Infirmary of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of lung cancer, just one month shy of his 70th birthday.” source: Wikipedia: Gordon Allport
9 October 1967exact date
Cambridgeattested “Gordon Allport died on October 9, 1967, at the Stillman Infirmary of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of lung cancer, just one month shy of his 70th birthday.” source: Wikipedia: Gordon Allport

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Places Gordon Allport is documented in

Harvard2 presences · 1926 to 1930Cambridge1 presence · 1967Cambridge, Massachusetts1 presence · 1967
Dartmouth College1 presence · 1926

Other places tied to Gordon Allport in the record

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1915year
Glenville High Schoolmentioned “In 1915, he graduated second in his class at Glenville High School at the age of eighteen, which earned him a scholarship that allowed him to attend Harvard University.” source: Wikipedia: Gordon Allport
1920year
Harvardmentioned “He then returned to Harvard to become an instructor in social ethics before studying psychology on a fellowship in 1920.” source: Wikipedia: Gordon Allport
1924 to 1926period
Harvardmentioned “He returned to Harvard as an instructor in psychology from 1924 to 1926 where he began teaching his course "Personality: Its Psychological and Social Aspects" in 1924.” source: Wikipedia: Gordon Allport

Documented at the same place, the same year

Elton MayoHarvard · 1926Leroy AndersonHarvard · 1930Lise MeitnerCambridge · 1967John CockcroftCambridge · 1967Lawrence KohlbergHarvard Graduate School of Education · 1967Sylvia EarleHarvard Graduate School of Education · 1967Andy KaufmanHarvard Graduate School of Education · 1967

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