Jan Oort
1900 to 1992
16 documented presences
10 places
Quo Fuit places 16 dated presences for Jan Oort across 10 places, from 1900 to 1951. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Jan Hendrik Oort ( or; 28 April 1900 – 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Jan Oort was documented, and when
28 April 1900exact date
Franekerattested
“Oort was born in Franeker, a small town in the Dutch province of Friesland, on April 28, 1900.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1903year
Leidenattested
“"But my father was less interested in Church matters." In 1903 Oort's parents moved to Oegstgeest, near Leiden, where his father took charge of the Endegeest Psychiatric Clinic.”
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1903year
Oegstgeestattested
“"But my father was less interested in Church matters." In 1903 Oort's parents moved to Oegstgeest, near Leiden, where his father took charge of the Endegeest Psychiatric Clinic.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1917year
Leidenattested
“Oort attended primary school in Oegstgeest and secondary school in Leiden, and in 1917 went to Groningen University to study physics.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1917year
Oegstgeestattested
“Oort attended primary school in Oegstgeest and secondary school in Leiden, and in 1917 went to Groningen University to study physics.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1917year
Groningen Universityattested
“Oort attended primary school in Oegstgeest and secondary school in Leiden, and in 1917 went to Groningen University to study physics.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1917year
Groningenattested
“Oort attended primary school in Oegstgeest and secondary school in Leiden, and in 1917 went to Groningen University to study physics.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
September 1922month
United Statesattested
“After taking his final exam in 1921, Oort was appointed assistant at Groningen, but in September 1922, he went to the United States to do graduate work at Yale and to serve as an assistant to Frank Schlesinger of the Yale Observatory.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
September 1922month
Yaleattested
“After taking his final exam in 1921, Oort was appointed assistant at Groningen, but in September 1922, he went to the United States to do graduate work at Yale and to serve as an assistant to Frank Schlesinger of the Yale Observatory.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
September 1922month
Groningenattested
“After taking his final exam in 1921, Oort was appointed assistant at Groningen, but in September 1922, he went to the United States to do graduate work at Yale and to serve as an assistant to Frank Schlesinger of the Yale Observatory.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1924 to 1935period
Netherlandsattested
“"I worked on the problem of latitude variation", he later recalled, "which is quite far away from the subjects I had so far been studying." He later considered his experience at Yale useful as he became interested in "problems of fundame…”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1924 to 1935period
Leidenattested
“"I worked on the problem of latitude variation", he later recalled, "which is quite far away from the subjects I had so far been studying." He later considered his experience at Yale useful as he became interested in "problems of fundame…”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1924 to 1935period
Yaleattested
“"I worked on the problem of latitude variation", he later recalled, "which is quite far away from the subjects I had so far been studying." He later considered his experience at Yale useful as he became interested in "problems of fundame…”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1924 to 1935period
New Havenattested
“"I worked on the problem of latitude variation", he later recalled, "which is quite far away from the subjects I had so far been studying." He later considered his experience at Yale useful as he became interested in "problems of fundame…”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
June 1945month
1951 to 1986period
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Places Jan Oort is documented in
Leiden4 presences · 1903 to 1945Yale2 presences · 1922 to 1924
Groningen2 presences · 1917 to 1922
Oegstgeest2 presences · 1903 to 1917
Netherlands1 presence · 1924New Haven1 presence · 1924Princeton University1 presence · 1951United States1 presence · 1922Franeker1 presence · 1900
Groningen University1 presence · 1917
Other places tied to Jan Oort in the record
In each of these, a source puts Jan Oort and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Jan Oort 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.
1926year
Groningenmentioned
“In 1926, he received his doctorate from Groningen with a thesis on the properties of high-velocity stars.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1932year
Leidenmentioned
“In the early 1930s he received job offers from Harvard and Columbia University, but chose to stay at Leiden, although he did spend half of 1932 at the Perkins Observatory, in Delaware, Ohio.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1932year
Harvard Universitymentioned
“In the early 1930s he received job offers from Harvard and Columbia University, but chose to stay at Leiden, although he did spend half of 1932 at the Perkins Observatory, in Delaware, Ohio.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1932year
Perkins Observatorymentioned
“In the early 1930s he received job offers from Harvard and Columbia University, but chose to stay at Leiden, although he did spend half of 1932 at the Perkins Observatory, in Delaware, Ohio.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1932year
Delaware, Ohiomentioned
“In the early 1930s he received job offers from Harvard and Columbia University, but chose to stay at Leiden, although he did spend half of 1932 at the Perkins Observatory, in Delaware, Ohio.”
source: Wikipedia: Jan Oort
1934 to 1948period
Royal Academymentioned
“In 1934, Oort became assistant to the director of Leiden Observatory; the next year he became General Secretary of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a post he held until 1948; in 1937 he was elected to the Royal Academy.”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
Enrico FermiLeiden · 1924Paul EhrenfestLeiden · 1903Ivan IllichPrinceton University · 1951Murray Gell-MannPrinceton University · 1951John McCarthy (computer scientist)Princeton University · 1951Max BornUnited States · 1922AndranikUnited States · 1922Glenn FordUnited States · 1922Stephen TimoshenkoUnited States · 1922Leopold StokowskiUnited States · 1922
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