Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for John Archibald Wheeler across 6 places, from 1911 to 2008.
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John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 to April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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9 July 1911exact date
Jacksonville, Floridaattested“Wheeler was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 9, 1911, to librarians Joseph L.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1921 to 1922period
Youngstown, Ohioattested“They grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, but spent a year in 1921 to 1922 on a farm in Benson, Vermont, where Wheeler attended a one-room school.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1921 to 1922period
Benson, Vermontattested“They grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, but spent a year in 1921 to 1922 on a farm in Benson, Vermont, where Wheeler attended a one-room school.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
July 1944month
Richland, Washingtonattested“As work progressed, Wheeler relocated his family again in July 1944, to Richland, Washington, where he worked in the scientific buildings known as the 300 area.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1976 to 1986period
University of Texas at Austinattested“He was appointed director of the Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Texas at Austin in 1976 and remained in the position until 1986, when he retired and became a professor emeritus.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
13 April 2008exact date
Hightstown, New Jerseyattested“On April 13, 2008, Wheeler died of pneumonia at the age of 96 in Hightstown, New Jersey.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
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1926year
Johns Hopkins Universitymentioned“After graduating from Baltimore City College high school in 1926, Wheeler entered Johns Hopkins University with a scholarship from the state of Maryland.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1926year
Baltimore City Collegementioned“After graduating from Baltimore City College high school in 1926, Wheeler entered Johns Hopkins University with a scholarship from the state of Maryland.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1933 to 1935period
New York Universitymentioned“He received a National Research Council fellowship, which he used to study under Gregory Breit at New York University in 1933 and 1934, and then in Copenhagen under Niels Bohr in 1934 and 1935.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1933 to 1935period
Copenhagenmentioned“He received a National Research Council fellowship, which he used to study under Gregory Breit at New York University in 1933 and 1934, and then in Copenhagen under Niels Bohr in 1934 and 1935.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1938year
Princeton Universitymentioned“He turned down an offer in 1938 of an associate professorship at Johns Hopkins University in favor of an assistant professorship at Princeton University.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1938year
Johns Hopkins Universitymentioned“He turned down an offer in 1938 of an associate professorship at Johns Hopkins University in favor of an assistant professorship at Princeton University.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
August 1945month
Princetonmentioned“In August 1945 Wheeler and his family returned to Princeton, where he resumed his academic career.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1946 to 1949period
Parismentioned“Wheeler received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, which allowed him to spend the 1949–50 academic year in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1948year
Office of Naval Researchmentioned“Muons are a component of cosmic rays, and Wheeler became the founder and first director of Princeton's Cosmic Rays Laboratory, which received a grant of $375,000 from the Office of Naval Research in 1948.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1951year
Princetonmentioned“In 1951 Wheeler obtained Bradbury's permission to set up a branch office of the Los Alamos laboratory at Princeton, known as Project Matterhorn, which had two parts.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1 November 1952exact date
Enewetak Atollmentioned“Matterhorn B's efforts were crowned by the success of the Ivy Mike nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific, on November 1, 1952, which Wheeler witnessed.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
1 November 1952exact date
Pacificmentioned“Matterhorn B's efforts were crowned by the success of the Ivy Mike nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific, on November 1, 1952, which Wheeler witnessed.”source: Wikipedia: John Archibald Wheeler
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