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Herbert C. Brown

1912 to 2004 6 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Herbert C. Brown across 5 places, from 1939 to 2004. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Herbert Charles Brown (22 May 1912 – 19 December 2004) was an American chemist and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work with organoboranes.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Herbert C. Brown was documented, and when

1939year
Chicagoattested “He became an instructor at Chicago in 1939, and held the position for four years before moving to Wayne University in Detroit as an assistant professor.” source: Wikipedia: Herbert C. Brown
1939year
Wayne Universityattested “He became an instructor at Chicago in 1939, and held the position for four years before moving to Wayne University in Detroit as an assistant professor.” source: Wikipedia: Herbert C. Brown
1939year
Detroitattested “He became an instructor at Chicago in 1939, and held the position for four years before moving to Wayne University in Detroit as an assistant professor.” source: Wikipedia: Herbert C. Brown
1946 to 1960period
Purdue Universityattested “In 1946, he was promoted to associate professor, and the following year became a professor of inorganic chemistry at Purdue University in 1947 and joined the Beta Nu chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma there in 1960.” source: Wikipedia: Herbert C. Brown
1947year
Purdue Universityattested “When Brown moved to Purdue University in 1947, he worked to find stronger borohydrides and milder aluminum hydrides that would provide a spectrum of reducing agents.” source: Wikipedia: Herbert C. Brown
19 December 2004exact date
Lafayette, Indianaattested “He died 19 December 2004, at a hospital in Lafayette, Indiana after a heart attack.” source: Wikipedia: Herbert C. Brown

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Places Herbert C. Brown is documented in

Purdue University2 presences · 1946 to 1947
Chicago1 presence · 1939Detroit1 presence · 1939
Lafayette, Indiana1 presence · 2004
Wayne University1 presence · 1939

Other places tied to Herbert C. Brown in the record

In each of these, a source puts Herbert C. Brown and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Herbert C. Brown 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.

June 1914month
Chicagomentioned “His family moved to Chicago in June 1914, when he was two years old.” source: Wikipedia: Herbert C. Brown
1935year
University of Chicagomentioned “In 1935 he left Wright and that autumn entered the University of Chicago, completing two years of studies in three quarters to earn a B.S.” source: Wikipedia: Herbert C. Brown

Documented at the same place, the same year

Neil ArmstrongPurdue University · 1947Umberto NobileChicago · 1939

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