Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Igor Tamm across 4 places, from 1895 to 1949.
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Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (8 July 1895 – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, for their 1934 discovery and demonstration of Cherenkov radiation.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Igor Tamm was documented, and when
1895year
Vladivostokattested“Igor Tamm was born in 1895 in Vladivostok into the family of Eugene Tamm, a civil engineer, and his wife Olga Davydova.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
1934 to 1971period
Moscowattested“From 1934 until his death in 1971 Tamm was the head of the theoretical department at Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
1934 to 1971period
Lebedev Physical Instituteattested“From 1934 until his death in 1971 Tamm was the head of the theoretical department at Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
1949 to 1953period
Moscowattested“In late 1940s to early 1950s Tamm was involved in the Soviet thermonuclear bomb project; in 1949–1953 he spent most of his time in the "secret city" of Sarov, working as a head of the theoretical group developing the hydrogen bomb, howev…”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
1949 to 1953period
Soviet Unionattested“In late 1940s to early 1950s Tamm was involved in the Soviet thermonuclear bomb project; in 1949–1953 he spent most of his time in the "secret city" of Sarov, working as a head of the theoretical group developing the hydrogen bomb, howev…”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
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1913 to 1914period
University of Edinburghmentioned“In 1913–1914 he studied at the University of Edinburgh together with his school-friend Boris Hessen.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
1918year
Moscowmentioned“He returned to the Moscow State University from which he graduated in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
1918year
Moscow State Universitymentioned“He returned to the Moscow State University from which he graduated in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
1 May 1923exact date
Second Moscow State Universitymentioned“On 1 May 1923, Tamm began teaching physics at the Second Moscow State University.”source: Wikipedia: Igor Tamm
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