Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for John Rawls across 7 places, from 1921 to 2002.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Bordley Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the modern liberal tradition.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where John Rawls was documented, and when
21 February 1921exact date
Baltimoreattested“Rawls was born on February 21, 1921, in Baltimore, Maryland, the second of five sons.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1950year
Princetonattested“Rawls received his PhD from Princeton's philosophy department in 1950 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled A Study in the Grounds of Ethical Knowledge: Considered with Reference to Judgments on the Moral Worth of Character.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1952year
Christ Church, Oxfordattested“Rawls taught at Princeton until 1952 when he received a Fulbright Fellowship to Christ Church at Oxford University, where he was influenced by the liberal political theorist and historian Isaiah Berlin and the legal theorist H.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1952year
Oxford Universityattested“Rawls taught at Princeton until 1952 when he received a Fulbright Fellowship to Christ Church at Oxford University, where he was influenced by the liberal political theorist and historian Isaiah Berlin and the legal theorist H.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1952year
Princetonattested“Rawls taught at Princeton until 1952 when he received a Fulbright Fellowship to Christ Church at Oxford University, where he was influenced by the liberal political theorist and historian Isaiah Berlin and the legal theorist H.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1953year
United Statesattested“After returning to the United States, in the fall of 1953, Rawls became an assistant professor at Cornell University, joining his mentor Norman Malcolm in the philosophy department.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1991year
Harvardattested“Two years later, he returned to Harvard as a professor of philosophy, and he remained there until reaching mandatory retirement age in 1991.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
24 November 2002exact date
Lexington, Massachusettsattested“Rawls died from heart failure at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts, on November 24, 2002, at age 81.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
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1939year
Ivy Clubmentioned“Upon graduation in 1939, Rawls attended Princeton University, where he was accepted into the Ivy Club and the American Whig–Cliosophic Society.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1943year
Princetonmentioned“Rawls graduated from Princeton in 1943 with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1946year
Princetonmentioned“In early 1946, Rawls returned to Princeton to pursue a doctorate in moral philosophy.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1959 to 1960period
Harvard Universitymentioned“During the 1959–60 academic year he was a visiting professor at Harvard University, and he was appointed in 1960 as a professor in the humanities division at MIT.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
1989year
Tiananmen Squarementioned“During the student protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989, copies of A Theory of Justice were brandished by protesters in the face of government officials.”source: Wikipedia: John Rawls
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