Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for John Gurdon across 6 places, from 1933 to 2025.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon (2 October 1933 – 7 October 2025) was a British developmental biologist, best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where John Gurdon was documented, and when
2 October 1933exact date
Dippenhallattested“Gurdon was born 2 October 1933 in Dippenhall and grew up in nearby Frensham in Surrey.”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
2 October 1933exact date
Surreyattested“Gurdon was born 2 October 1933 in Dippenhall and grew up in nearby Frensham in Surrey.”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
1962year
Caltechattested“After pursuing further postdoctoral work at Caltech, he returned to England where his early posts were in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford (1962–71).”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
1962year
Englandattested“After pursuing further postdoctoral work at Caltech, he returned to England where his early posts were in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford (1962–71).”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
1983year
University of Cambridgeattested“He became a professor at the University of Cambridge in 1983.”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
2009year
Royal College of Physiciansattested“He was awarded the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award and in 2014 delivered the Harveian Oration at the Royal College of Physicians.”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
7 October 2025exact date
University of Cambridgeattested“Gurdon died on 7 October 2025, five days after his 92nd birthday, with professors from the University of Cambridge and the Gurdon Institute paying tribute.”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
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1958year
University of Oxfordmentioned“In 1958, Gurdon, then at the University of Oxford, successfully cloned a frog using intact nuclei from the somatic cells of a Xenopus tadpole.”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
1962year
University of Oxfordmentioned“After pursuing further postdoctoral work at Caltech, he returned to England where his early posts were in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford (1962–71).”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
1978 to 2005period
American Academy of Arts and Sciencesmentioned“He was elected as member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978, the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1980, and the American Philosophical Society in 1983, since 2005 he has been an Honorary Member of the Ameri…”source: Wikipedia: John Gurdon
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