Quo Fuit places 14 dated presences for Harold Urey across 13 places, from 1893 to 1981.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Harold Clayton Urey (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Harold Urey was documented, and when
29 April 1893exact date
Walkerton, Indianaattested“Harold Clayton Urey was born on April 29, 1893, in Walkerton, Indiana, the son of Samuel Clayton Urey, a school teacher and a minister in the Church of the Brethren, and his wife, Cora Rebecca née Reinoehl.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1911year
Earlham Collegeattested“After graduating in 1911, he obtained a teacher's certificate from Earlham College, and taught in a small school house in Indiana.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1911year
Indianaattested“After graduating in 1911, he obtained a teacher's certificate from Earlham College, and taught in a small school house in Indiana.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1921year
University of California, Berkeleyattested“An academic career required a doctorate, so in 1921 Urey enrolled in a PhD program at the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied thermodynamics under Gilbert N.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1923year
Niels Bohr Instituteattested“After he received his PhD in 1923, Urey was awarded a fellowship by the American-Scandinavian Foundation to study at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, where he met Werner Heisenberg, Hans Kramers, Wolfgang Pauli, Georg von Hevesy,…”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1923year
Copenhagenattested“After he received his PhD in 1923, Urey was awarded a fellowship by the American-Scandinavian Foundation to study at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, where he met Werner Heisenberg, Hans Kramers, Wolfgang Pauli, Georg von Hevesy,…”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1929year
Columbia Universityattested“In 1929, Urey became an associate professor of chemistry at Columbia University, where his colleagues included Rudolph Schoenheimer, David Rittenberg, and T.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1952year
Institute for Nuclear Studiesattested“After the war, Urey became professor of chemistry at the Institute for Nuclear Studies, and then became Ryerson professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago in 1952.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1956year
Oxford Universityattested“Urey spent a year in the United Kingdom as a visiting professor at Oxford University in 1956 and 1957.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1956year
United Kingdomattested“Urey spent a year in the United Kingdom as a visiting professor at Oxford University in 1956 and 1957.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1958year
University of Chicagoattested“In 1958, he reached the University of Chicago's retirement age of 65, but he accepted a post as a professor at large at the new University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and moved to La Jolla, California.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1958year
La Jolla, Californiaattested“In 1958, he reached the University of Chicago's retirement age of 65, but he accepted a post as a professor at large at the new University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and moved to La Jolla, California.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
5 January 1981exact date
La Jolla, Californiaattested“He died at La Jolla, California on 5 January 1981, and is buried at the Fairfield Cemetery in DeKalb County, Indiana.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
5 January 1981exact date
DeKalb County, Indianaattested“He died at La Jolla, California on 5 January 1981, and is buried at the Fairfield Cemetery in DeKalb County, Indiana.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
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1914year
University of Montanamentioned“Urey entered the University of Montana in Missoula in the autumn of 1914.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1914year
Missoulamentioned“Urey entered the University of Montana in Missoula in the autumn of 1914.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
1926year
Lawrence, Kansasmentioned“They were married at her father's house in Lawrence, Kansas in 1926.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Urey
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