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Hilary Putnam

1926 to 2016 5 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Hilary Putnam across 5 places, from 1926 to 2016. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Hilary Whitehall Putnam (July 31, 1926 – March 13, 2016) was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Hilary Putnam was documented, and when

31 July 1926exact date
Chicagoattested “Hilary Whitehall Putnam was born on July 31, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam
1927year
Franceattested “In early 1927, six months after Hilary's birth, the family moved to France, where Samuel was under contract to translate the surviving works of François Rabelais.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam
1951 to 1961period
Northwestern Universityattested “After obtaining his PhD, Putnam taught at Northwestern University (1951–52), Princeton University (1953–61), and MIT (1961–65).” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam
June 2000month
Tel Aviv Universityattested “He retired from teaching in June 2000, becoming Cogan University Professor Emeritus, but as of 2009 continued to give a seminar almost yearly at Tel Aviv University.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam
13 March 2016exact date
Arlington, Massachusettsattested “Putnam died at his home in Arlington, Massachusetts, on March 13, 2016.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam

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Places Hilary Putnam is documented in

Chicago1 presence · 1926France1 presence · 1927
Arlington, Massachusetts1 presence · 2016
Northwestern University1 presence · 1951
Tel Aviv University1 presence · 2000

Other places tied to Hilary Putnam in the record

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1933year
Philadelphiamentioned “in 1933, settling in Philadelphia.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam
1965year
Harvard Universitymentioned “After moving to Harvard in 1965, he organized campus protests and began teaching courses on Marxism.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam
1999year
American Philosophical Societymentioned “He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1999.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam
2001year
University of Amsterdammentioned “He also held the Spinoza Chair of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam in 2001.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam
2015year
Francementioned “In a 2015 autobiographical essay, Putnam said that his first childhood memories were from his life in France, and his first language was French.” source: Wikipedia: Hilary Putnam

Documented at the same place, the same year

Hugh HefnerChicago · 1926Ben Roy MottelsonChicago · 1926René RisserConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Wassily KandinskyConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Deng XiaopingConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Henri BergsonConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Séraphine LouisConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Carlo LeviConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927François FuretConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927

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