J. Robert Oppenheimer
1904 to 1967
19 documented presences
16 places
Quo Fuit places 19 dated presences for J. Robert Oppenheimer across 16 places, from 1904 to 1960. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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22 April 1904exact date
New York Cityattested
“Oppenheimer was born Julius Robert Oppenheimer into a non-observant Jewish family in New York City on April 22, 1904, to Ella (née Friedman), a painter, and Julius Seligmann Oppenheimer, a successful textile importer.”
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22 April 1904exact date
New Yorkattested
“Oppenheimer was born Julius Robert Oppenheimer into a non-observant Jewish family in New York City on April 22, 1904, to Ella (née Friedman), a painter, and Julius Seligmann Oppenheimer, a successful textile importer.”
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1911year
Ethical Culture Fieldston Schoolattested
“In 1911, he entered the Ethical Culture Society School, founded by Felix Adler to promote training based on the Ethical movement, whose motto was "Deed before Creed".”
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1925year
Harvardattested
“Oppenheimer graduated from Harvard in 1925 with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, after only three years of study.”
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1926year
Cambridgeattested
“Oppenheimer was plagued by periods of depression throughout his life, and once told his brother, "I need physics more than friends." In 1926, Oppenheimer left Cambridge for the University of Göttingen to study under Max Born; Göttingen w…”
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1931 to 1951period
Institute for Advanced Studyattested
“Murray Gell-Mann, a later Nobelist who, as a visiting scientist, worked with him at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1951, offered this opinion: Oppenheimer's mother died in 1931, after which he grew closer to his father, who, though…”
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1931 to 1951period
Californiaattested
“Murray Gell-Mann, a later Nobelist who, as a visiting scientist, worked with him at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1951, offered this opinion: Oppenheimer's mother died in 1931, after which he grew closer to his father, who, though…”
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1931 to 1951period
New Yorkattested
“Murray Gell-Mann, a later Nobelist who, as a visiting scientist, worked with him at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1951, offered this opinion: Oppenheimer's mother died in 1931, after which he grew closer to his father, who, though…”
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1936year
Stanford University School of Medicineattested
“Moreover, in terms of the time, effort and money spent on party activities, he was a very committed supporter." In 1936, Oppenheimer became involved with Jean Tatlock, the daughter of a Berkeley literature professor and a student at Stan…”
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September 1941month
University of California, Berkeleyattested
“During his visit to University of California, Berkeley in September 1941, Australian physicist Mark Oliphant briefed Oppenheimer about the U.K.'s atomic bomb program and its MAUD report.”
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15 October 1942exact date
Chicagoattested
“On October 15, 1942, after a meeting in Chicago on the Manhattan Project Groves invited Oppenheimer to join himself, James C.”
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June 1943month
Californiaattested
“He was followed by Army security agents during a trip to California in June 1943 to visit Tatlock, who was suffering from depression.”
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November 1945month
Los Alamos National Laboratoryattested
“In November 1945, Oppenheimer left Los Alamos to return to Caltech, but soon found that his heart was no longer in teaching.”
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November 1945month
Caltechattested
“In November 1945, Oppenheimer left Los Alamos to return to Caltech, but soon found that his heart was no longer in teaching.”
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1947year
1947year
1951 to 1952period
May 1954month
1960year
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Places J. Robert Oppenheimer is documented in
California2 presences · 1931 to 1943New York2 presences · 1904 to 1931
Los Alamos National Laboratory2 presences · 1945 to 1951
Caltech1 presence · 1945Cambridge1 presence · 1926Chicago1 presence · 1942Harvard1 presence · 1925Institute for Advanced Study1 presence · 1931Japan1 presence · 1960New York City1 presence · 1904Princeton1 presence · 1947Princeton, New Jersey1 presence · 1947
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1921year
Jáchymovmentioned
“He graduated in 1921, but his further education was delayed a year by an attack of colitis contracted while prospecting in Jáchymov during a family vacation in Czechoslovakia.”
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1921year
Czechoslovakiamentioned
“He graduated in 1921, but his further education was delayed a year by an attack of colitis contracted while prospecting in Jáchymov during a family vacation in Czechoslovakia.”
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1922year
Harvard Collegementioned
“Oppenheimer entered Harvard College in 1922 at age 18.”
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1927 to 1928period
Harvardmentioned
“Bridgman also wanted him at Harvard, so a compromise was reached whereby he split his fellowship for the 1927–28 academic year between Harvard in 1927 and Caltech in 1928.”
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September 1927month
California Institute of Technologymentioned
“Oppenheimer was awarded a United States National Research Council fellowship to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in September 1927.”
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September 1927month
Californiamentioned
“Oppenheimer was awarded a United States National Research Council fellowship to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in September 1927.”
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1928year
Netherlandsmentioned
“In the autumn of 1928, Oppenheimer visited Paul Ehrenfest's institute at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, where he impressed by giving lectures in Dutch, despite having little experience with the language.”
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1939year
Nazi Germanymentioned
“In 1939, he joined the American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom, which campaigned against the persecution of Jewish scientists in Nazi Germany.”
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June 1939month
Pasadena, Californiamentioned
“In 1938 she married Richard Harrison, a physician and medical researcher, and in June 1939 moved with him to Pasadena, California, where he became chief of radiology at a local hospital and she enrolled as a graduate student at the Unive…”
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June 1939month
University of California, Los Angelesmentioned
“In 1938 she married Richard Harrison, a physician and medical researcher, and in June 1939 moved with him to Pasadena, California, where he became chief of radiology at a local hospital and she enrolled as a graduate student at the Unive…”
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1940year
New Mexicomentioned
“She and Oppenheimer created a minor scandal by sleeping together after one of Tolman's parties, and in the summer of 1940 she stayed with Oppenheimer at his ranch in New Mexico.”
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1 November 1940exact date
Reno, Nevadamentioned
“On November 1, 1940, she obtained a quick divorce in Reno, Nevada, and married Oppenheimer.”
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August 1943month
Los Alamos National Laboratorymentioned
“In August 1943, Oppenheimer told Manhattan Project security agents that George Eltenton, whom he did not know, had solicited three men at Los Alamos for nuclear secrets on behalf of the Soviet Union.”
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7 December 1944exact date
Los Alamos, New Mexicomentioned
“Their first child, Peter, was born in May 1941, and their second, Katherine ("Toni"), was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on December 7, 1944.”
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7 December 1944exact date
16 July 1945exact date
1947 to 1949period
1952year
November 1955month
November 1955month
1957year
1962year
18 February 1967exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Joseph CampbellNew York · 1904Fernand LégerNew York · 1931Erich MendelsohnUniversity of California, Berkeley · 1941John GlennCalifornia · 1943Qian XuesenCaltech · 1945Robert F. KennedyBoston · 1925Leroy AndersonBoston · 1925Paul DiracCambridge · 1926Margaret MeadCambridge · 1926Howard FloreyCambridge · 1926Erich AuerbachPrinceton · 1947André WeilPrinceton · 1947
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