Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Hermann Minkowski across 5 places, from 1864 to 1909.
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Hermann Minkowski (22 June 1864 – 12 January 1909) was a mathematician and professor at the University of Königsberg, ETH Zürich, and the University of Göttingen, described variously as German, Polish, Lithuanian-German, or Russian.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1864year
Kovnoattested“Hermann Minkowski was born in the town of Aleksotas, the Suwałki Governorate, the Kingdom of Poland, since 1864 part of the Russian Empire, to Lewin Boruch Minkowski, a merchant who subsidized the building of the choral synagogue in Kovn…”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
1872year
Russian Empireattested“To escape Jewish persecution in the Russian Empire, the family moved to Königsberg in 1872, where the father became involved in rag export and later in manufacture of mechanical clockwork tin toys (he operated his firm Lewin Minkowski &…”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
1872year
Königsbergattested“To escape Jewish persecution in the Russian Empire, the family moved to Königsberg in 1872, where the father became involved in rag export and later in manufacture of mechanical clockwork tin toys (he operated his firm Lewin Minkowski &…”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
1887 to 1909period
Göttingenattested“Minkowski studied in Königsberg and taught in Bonn (1887–1894), Königsberg (1894–1896) and Zürich (1896–1902), and finally in Göttingen from 1902 until his death in 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
1887 to 1909period
Königsbergattested“Minkowski studied in Königsberg and taught in Bonn (1887–1894), Königsberg (1894–1896) and Zürich (1896–1902), and finally in Göttingen from 1902 until his death in 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
1887 to 1909period
Bonnattested“Minkowski studied in Königsberg and taught in Bonn (1887–1894), Königsberg (1894–1896) and Zürich (1896–1902), and finally in Göttingen from 1902 until his death in 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
12 January 1909exact date
Göttingenattested“Minkowski died of appendicitis in Göttingen on 12 January 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
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1883year
Königsbergmentioned“In 1883, while still a student at Königsberg, he was awarded the Mathematics Prize of the French Academy of Sciences for his manuscript on the theory of quadratic forms.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
1885year
Albertina University of Königsbergmentioned“Minkowski was educated in East Prussia at the Albertina University of Königsberg, where he earned his doctorate in 1885 under the direction of Ferdinand von Lindemann.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
1902year
Königsbergmentioned“In 1902, he joined the Mathematics Department of Göttingen University and became a close colleague of David Hilbert, whom he first met at university in Königsberg.”source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
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