Isaac Asimov
1920 to 1992
15 documented presences
13 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for Isaac Asimov across 13 places, from 1921 to 1992. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Isaac Asimov (– April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Isaac Asimov was documented, and when
1921year
Petrovichiattested
“Asimov wrote of his father, "My father, for all his education as an Orthodox Jew, was not Orthodox in his heart", noting that "he didn't recite the myriad prayers prescribed for every action, and he never made any attempt to teach them t…”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1942 to 1945period
Philadelphia Naval Shipyardattested
“From 1942 to 1945 during World War II, between his masters and doctoral studies, Asimov worked as a civilian chemist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Naval Air Experimental Station and lived in the Walnut Hill section of West Philadelphia.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1942 to 1945period
Walnut Hill, Philadelphiaattested
“From 1942 to 1945 during World War II, between his masters and doctoral studies, Asimov worked as a civilian chemist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Naval Air Experimental Station and lived in the Walnut Hill section of West Philadelphia.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1946year
Oahuattested
“Asimov was afraid of flying, doing so only twice: once in the course of his work at the Naval Air Experimental Station and once returning home from Oʻahu in 1946.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1949year
Bostonattested
“This was the first of what became almost weekly meetings with the editor while Asimov lived in New York, until moving to Boston in 1949; Campbell had a strong formative influence on Asimov and became a personal friend.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1949year
New Yorkattested
“This was the first of what became almost weekly meetings with the editor while Asimov lived in New York, until moving to Boston in 1949; Campbell had a strong formative influence on Asimov and became a personal friend.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1969year
Brandeis Universityattested
“After his father died in 1969, Asimov annually contributed to a Judah Asimov Scholarship Fund at Brandeis University.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1970year
Upper West Sideattested
“In 1970, they separated and Asimov moved back to New York, this time to the Upper West Side of Manhattan where he lived for the rest of his life.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1970year
New Yorkattested
“In 1970, they separated and Asimov moved back to New York, this time to the Upper West Side of Manhattan where he lived for the rest of his life.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
April 1992month
Hayden Planetariumattested
“* 2000 – Asimov was featured on a stamp in Israel * 2001 – The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates at the Hayden Planetarium in New York were inaugurated * 2009 – A crater on the planet Mars, Asimov, was named in his honor * 2010 – In the US C…”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
April 1992month
Israelattested
“* 2000 – Asimov was featured on a stamp in Israel * 2001 – The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates at the Hayden Planetarium in New York were inaugurated * 2009 – A crater on the planet Mars, Asimov, was named in his honor * 2010 – In the US C…”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
April 1992month
Americaattested
“* 2000 – Asimov was featured on a stamp in Israel * 2001 – The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates at the Hayden Planetarium in New York were inaugurated * 2009 – A crater on the planet Mars, Asimov, was named in his honor * 2010 – In the US C…”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
April 1992month
New Yorkattested
“* 2000 – Asimov was featured on a stamp in Israel * 2001 – The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates at the Hayden Planetarium in New York were inaugurated * 2009 – A crater on the planet Mars, Asimov, was named in his honor * 2010 – In the US C…”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
April 1992month
US Congressattested
“* 2000 – Asimov was featured on a stamp in Israel * 2001 – The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates at the Hayden Planetarium in New York were inaugurated * 2009 – A crater on the planet Mars, Asimov, was named in his honor * 2010 – In the US C…”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
6 April 1992exact date
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Places Isaac Asimov is documented in
New York3 presences · 1949 to 1992America1 presence · 1992Boston1 presence · 1949Brandeis University1 presence · 1969Israel1 presence · 1992Manhattan1 presence · 1992
Hayden Planetarium1 presence · 1992
Oahu1 presence · 1946
Petrovichi1 presence · 1921
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard1 presence · 1942
Upper West Side1 presence · 1970
US Congress1 presence · 1992
Other places tied to Isaac Asimov in the record
In each of these, a source puts Isaac Asimov and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Isaac Asimov 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.
3 February 1923exact date
United Statesmentioned
“Asimov's family travelled to the United States via Liverpool on the RMS Baltic, arriving on February 3, 1923 when he was three years old.”
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3 February 1923exact date
Liverpoolmentioned
“Asimov's family travelled to the United States via Liverpool on the RMS Baltic, arriving on February 3, 1923 when he was three years old.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1939 to 1989period
Columbia College, Columbia Universitymentioned
“Robert Pollack, the dean of Columbia College, from 1982 to 1989, granted Asimov an honorary doctorate from Columbia College after requiring that Asimov place his foot in a bucket of water to pass the college's swimming requirement.) Afte…”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1946year
Operation Crossroadsmentioned
“In 1946, a bureaucratic error caused his military allotment to be stopped, and he was removed from a task force days before it sailed to participate in Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll.”
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1946year
Bikini Atollmentioned
“In 1946, a bureaucratic error caused his military allotment to be stopped, and he was removed from a task force days before it sailed to participate in Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
July 1946month
Brooklynmentioned
“Gertrude returned to Brooklyn while he was in the Army, and they both lived there from July 1946 before moving to Stuyvesant Town, Manhattan, in July 1948.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
July 1946month
Stuyvesant Townmentioned
“Gertrude returned to Brooklyn while he was in the Army, and they both lived there from July 1946 before moving to Stuyvesant Town, Manhattan, in July 1948.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
June 1974month
Stonehengementioned
“He sailed to England in June 1974 on the for a trip mostly devoted to lectures in London and Birmingham, though he also found time to visit Stonehenge and Shakespeare's birthplace.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
June 1974month
Englandmentioned
“He sailed to England in June 1974 on the for a trip mostly devoted to lectures in London and Birmingham, though he also found time to visit Stonehenge and Shakespeare's birthplace.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
June 1974month
Londonmentioned
“He sailed to England in June 1974 on the for a trip mostly devoted to lectures in London and Birmingham, though he also found time to visit Stonehenge and Shakespeare's birthplace.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
December 1983month
NYU Medical Centermentioned
“In December 1983, he had triple bypass surgery at NYU Medical Center, during which he contracted HIV from a blood transfusion.”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1984year
Orwellmentioned
“He opines that if communism were to spread across the globe, it would come in a completely different form to the one in 1984, and by looking to Orwell as an authority on totalitarianism, 'we will be defending ourselves against assaults f…”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
1988year
Americamentioned
“He later wrote two essays about his family's arrival in America: "Ellis Island and I" (in The Tyrannosaurus Prescription, 1988) and "Ellis Island: Enter One Immigrant ...”
source: Wikipedia: Isaac Asimov
Documented at the same place, the same year
Samuel ReshevskyNew York · 1992Radovan KaradžićNew York · 1970Joe LouisWalnut Hill, Philadelphia · 1942Konstantinos MitsotakisIsrael · 1992Fred TrumpNew York · 1992Angela LansburyManhattan · 1992Kurt VonnegutUpper West Side · 1970Sviatoslav RichterUpper West Side · 1970Gene HackmanHayden Planetarium · 1992Liza MinnelliHayden Planetarium · 1992Erwin ChargaffHayden Planetarium · 1992Carl SaganAmerica · 1992
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