Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for John Cockcroft across 4 places, from 1897 to 1967.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which led to the development of nuclear power and weapons.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where John Cockcroft was documented, and when
27 May 1897exact date
Todmordenattested“John Douglas Cockcroft was born on 27 May 1897 in Todmorden, England, the eldest son of John Arthur Cockcroft, a mill owner, and Annie Maude Fielden.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
November 1943month
United Statesattested“On a visit to the United States in November 1943, Cockcroft discussed adapting the American proximity fuze for British use with Merle Tuve.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
1961 to 1965period
Canberraattested“He served as chancellor of the Australian National University in Canberra from 1961 to 1965, a largely symbolic post that involved a visit once a year for degree conferring ceremonies.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
18 September 1967exact date
Churchill College, Cambridgeattested“Cockcroft died of a heart attack at his home at Churchill College, Cambridge, on 18 September 1967 at the age of 70.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
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1901 to 1914period
Todmordenmentioned“His early education was at the Church of England school in Walsden from 1901 to 1908, at Todmorden Elementary School from 1908 to 1909, and at Todmorden Secondary School from 1909 to 1914, where he played football and cricket.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
1901 to 1914period
Walsdenmentioned“His early education was at the Church of England school in Walsden from 1901 to 1908, at Todmorden Elementary School from 1908 to 1909, and at Todmorden Secondary School from 1909 to 1914, where he played football and cricket.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
1901 to 1914period
Todmorden High Schoolmentioned“His early education was at the Church of England school in Walsden from 1901 to 1908, at Todmorden Elementary School from 1908 to 1909, and at Todmorden Secondary School from 1909 to 1914, where he played football and cricket.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
1914year
Victoria University of Manchestermentioned“In 1914, he won a County Major Scholarship, West Riding of Yorkshire, to the Victoria University of Manchester, where he studied mathematics.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
June 1915month
Manchestermentioned“Cockcroft completed his first year at Manchester in June 1915.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
February 1918month
Brightonmentioned“He was sent to Brighton in February 1918 to learn about gunnery, and in April 1918, to the Officer Candidate School in Weedon Bec in Northamptonshire, where he was trained as a field artillery officer.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
February 1918month
Weedon Becmentioned“He was sent to Brighton in February 1918 to learn about gunnery, and in April 1918, to the Officer Candidate School in Weedon Bec in Northamptonshire, where he was trained as a field artillery officer.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
February 1918month
Northamptonshirementioned“He was sent to Brighton in February 1918 to learn about gunnery, and in April 1918, to the Officer Candidate School in Weedon Bec in Northamptonshire, where he was trained as a field artillery officer.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
26 August 1925exact date
Todmordenmentioned“Cockcroft married Elizabeth Crabtree on 26 August 1925, in a ceremony at the Bridge Street United Methodist Church in Todmorden.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
1935year
Soviet Unionmentioned“In 1935, Rutherford appointed him the director of research at the Mond Laboratory after Kapitza, who had returned to the Soviet Union.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
August 1940month
United Statesmentioned“In August 1940, Cockcroft travelled to the United States as part of the Tizard Mission.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
1942year
United Statesmentioned“III radar was developed as a target tracking and predicting radar, but by 1942 the SCR-584 radar developed for the same purpose in the United States became available, and Cockcroft recommended that it be acquired under Lend-Lease.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
February 1942month
Christchurch, Hampshirementioned“Plans were given to the Americans by the Tizard Mission, but work continued in Britain, where a team was established at Christchurch under Charles Drummond Ellis in February 1942.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
5 September 1945exact date
United Statesmentioned“ZEEP went critical on 5 September 1945, becoming the first operating nuclear reactor outside the United States.”source: Wikipedia: John Cockcroft
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