Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Igor Sikorsky across 6 places, from 1889 to 1972.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972) was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Igor Sikorsky was documented, and when
25 May 1889exact date
Kievattested“Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine), on May 25, 1889.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1906year
Russian Empireattested“In 1906, he determined that his future lay in engineering, so he resigned from the academy, despite his satisfactory standing, and left the Russian Empire to study in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1906year
Parisattested“In 1906, he determined that his future lay in engineering, so he resigned from the academy, despite his satisfactory standing, and left the Russian Empire to study in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1909 to 1942period
Russiaattested“* H-1 Sikorsky's first helicopter design, 1909 * H-2 Sikorsky's second helicopter design, 1910 * S-1 single-engine pusher biplane, Sikorsky's first fixed wing design, 1910 * S-2 single-engine tractor biplane developed from the S-1, 1910…”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1914year
Kievattested“I would study aviation." By the start of World War I in 1914, Sikorsky's airplane research and production business in Kiev was flourishing, and his factory made bombers during the war.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1929year
Stratford, Connecticutattested“The Sikorsky Manufacturing Company moved to Stratford, Connecticut in 1929.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
26 October 1972exact date
Easton, Connecticutattested“Sikorsky died at his home in Easton, Connecticut, on October 26, 1972, and is buried in Saint John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cemetery, located on Nichols Avenue in Stratford.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
26 October 1972exact date
Stratford, Connecticutattested“Sikorsky died at his home in Easton, Connecticut, on October 26, 1972, and is buried in Saint John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cemetery, located on Nichols Avenue in Stratford.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
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1900year
Germanymentioned“In 1900, at age 11, he accompanied his father to Germany and through conversations with his father became interested in natural sciences.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1903year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“Sikorsky began studying at the Saint Petersburg Maritime Cadet Corps in 1903 at the age of 14.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1903year
New Yorkmentioned“Sikorsky married Elisabeth Semion (1903–1995) in 1924, in New York.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1907year
Russian Empirementioned“He returned to the Russian Empire in 1907, enrolling at the Mechanical College of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1908year
Germanymentioned“After the academic year, Sikorsky again accompanied his father to Germany in the summer of 1908, where he learned of the accomplishments of the Wright brothers' Flyer and Ferdinand von Zeppelin's rigid airships.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1909year
Parismentioned“With financial backing from his sister Olga, Sikorsky returned to Paris, the center of the aviation world at the time, in 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1912year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“In early 1912, Igor Sikorsky became Chief Engineer of the aircraft division for the Russian Baltic Railroad Car Works (Russko-Baltiisky Vagonny Zavod or R-BVZ) in Saint Petersburg.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1914year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“In recognition of his accomplishment, he was awarded an honorary degree in engineering from Saint Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in 1914.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1914year
Saint Petersburg Polytechnical Institutementioned“In recognition of his accomplishment, he was awarded an honorary degree in engineering from Saint Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in 1914.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
1917year
Russiamentioned“They were divorced and Olga remained in Russia with their daughter, Tania, as Sikorsky departed following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
November 1918month
United Statesmentioned“But in November 1918 the war ended, and the French government stopped subsidizing military orders, whereupon he decided to move to the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
24 March 1919exact date
Francementioned“On March 24, 1919, he left France on the ocean liner Lorraine, arriving in New York City on March 30, 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
24 March 1919exact date
New York Citymentioned“On March 24, 1919, he left France on the ocean liner Lorraine, arriving in New York City on March 30, 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
24 March 1919exact date
New Yorkmentioned“On March 24, 1919, he left France on the ocean liner Lorraine, arriving in New York City on March 30, 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Sikorsky
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