Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for James Van Allen across 4 places, from 1914 to 2006.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914 to August 9, 2006) was an American space physicist at the University of Iowa who was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where James Van Allen was documented, and when
7 September 1914exact date
Mount Pleasant, Iowaattested“James Van Allen was born on September 7, 1914, on a small farm near Mount Pleasant, Iowa.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
1985 to 2004period
University of Iowaattested“In his final major essay on the subject, published in Issues in Science and Technology in 2004, Van Allen wrote that "in a dispassionate comparison of the relative values of human and robotic spaceflight, the only surviving motivation fo…”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
9 August 2006exact date
Iowa Cityattested“On August 9, 2006, Van Allen died at University Hospitals in Iowa City from heart failure at age 91.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
9 August 2006exact date
Iowaattested“On August 9, 2006, Van Allen died at University Hospitals in Iowa City from heart failure at age 91.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
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Places James Van Allen is documented in
Iowa1 presence · 2006
Iowa City1 presence · 2006
Mount Pleasant, Iowa1 presence · 1914
University of Iowa1 presence · 1985
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1935year
Iowa Wesleyan Collegementioned“from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1935, followed by an M.S.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
1935year
Iowamentioned“from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1935, followed by an M.S.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
1939year
University of Iowamentioned“(1939) from the University of Iowa, where he studied nuclear physics under Alexander Ellett.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
13 October 1945exact date
Southamptonmentioned“Van Allen married Abigail Fithian Halsey II of Cincinnati (1922–2008) on October 13, 1945, in Southampton, Long Island.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
5 March 1948exact date
White Sands, New Mexicomentioned“The first instrument-carrying Aerobee, launched March 5, 1948, from White Sands, New Mexico, reached an altitude of 117.5 km carrying cosmic radiation instruments.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
1951year
University of Iowamentioned“In 1951, Van Allen accepted the position of head of the physics department at the University of Iowa.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
1954year
Princeton, New Jerseymentioned“In 1954, Ernst Stuhlinger visited Van Allen (then on sabbatical at Princeton) to discuss an unofficial satellite concept being developed by Wernher von Braun's group at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
January 1956month
University of Michiganmentioned“Van Allen chaired a January 1956 symposium at the University of Michigan on "The Scientific Uses of Earth Satellites," at which 33 scientific proposals were presented.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
August 2005month
North Liberty, Iowamentioned“In August 2005, an elementary school bearing his name opened in North Liberty, Iowa.”source: Wikipedia: James Van Allen
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