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John McCarthy (computer scientist)

1927 to 2011 8 documented presences 7 places

Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for John McCarthy (computer scientist) across 7 places, from 1927 to 2011. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place John McCarthy (computer scientist) is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.

Where John McCarthy (computer scientist) was documented, and when

4 September 1927exact date
Boston, Massachusettsattested “John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1927, to an Irish immigrant father and a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant mother, John Patrick and Ida (Glatt) McCarthy.” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1951year
Princeton Universityattested “McCarthy completed his graduate studies at Caltech before moving to Princeton University, where he received a PhD in mathematics in 1951 with his dissertation "Projection operators and partial differential equations", under the supervisi…” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1951year
Caltechattested “McCarthy completed his graduate studies at Caltech before moving to Princeton University, where he received a PhD in mathematics in 1951 with his dissertation "Projection operators and partial differential equations", under the supervisi…” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1955year
Dartmouth Collegeattested “After short-term appointments at Princeton and Stanford University, McCarthy became an assistant professor at Dartmouth College in 1955.” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1955year
Princetonattested “After short-term appointments at Princeton and Stanford University, McCarthy became an assistant professor at Dartmouth College in 1955.” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1962 to 2000period
Stanford Universityattested “In 1962, he became a full professor at Stanford, where he remained until his retirement in 2000.” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1968year
Czechoslovakiaattested “Raised as a Communist, he became a conservative Republican after a visit to Czechoslovakia in 1968 after the Soviet invasion.” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
24 October 2011exact date
Stanford Universityattested “He died at his home in Stanford on October 24, 2011.” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)

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Places John McCarthy (computer scientist) is documented in

Stanford University2 presences · 1962 to 2011Caltech1 presence · 1951Czechoslovakia1 presence · 1968Princeton1 presence · 1955Princeton University1 presence · 1951
Boston, Massachusetts1 presence · 1927
Dartmouth College1 presence · 1955

Other places tied to John McCarthy (computer scientist) in the record

In each of these, a source puts John McCarthy (computer scientist) and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that John McCarthy (computer scientist) 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.

1944year
Belmont High School (Los Angeles)mentioned “McCarthy graduated from Belmont High School two years early and was accepted into Caltech in 1944.” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1944year
Caltechmentioned “McCarthy graduated from Belmont High School two years early and was accepted into Caltech in 1944.” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1966year
Soviet Unionmentioned “In 1966, McCarthy and his team at Stanford wrote a computer program used to play a series of chess games with counterparts in the Soviet Union; McCarthy's team lost two games and drew two games (see Kotok-McCarthy).” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)
1966year
Stanford Universitymentioned “In 1966, McCarthy and his team at Stanford wrote a computer program used to play a series of chess games with counterparts in the Soviet Union; McCarthy's team lost two games and drew two games (see Kotok-McCarthy).” source: Wikipedia: John McCarthy (computer scientist)

Documented at the same place, the same year

Bhumibol AdulyadejCambridge, Massachusetts · 1927Martin KarplusCaltech · 1951Moshe ArensCaltech · 1951Jan OortPrinceton University · 1951Ivan IllichPrinceton University · 1951Murray Gell-MannPrinceton University · 1951Hermann WeylPrinceton · 1955Alexandre KoyréPrinceton · 1955Michael AtiyahPrinceton · 1955

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How to read this page

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Sources

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