John von Neumann
1903 to 1957
8 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for John von Neumann across 7 places, from 1903 to 1957. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John von Neumann (December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where John von Neumann was documented, and when
28 December 1903exact date
Budapestattested
“Von Neumann was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (then part of Austria-Hungary), on December 28, 1903, to a wealthy, non-observant Jewish family.”
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1933year
Institute for Advanced Studyattested
“In 1933 Von Neumann accepted a tenured professorship at the Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey, when that institution's plan to appoint Hermann Weyl appeared to have failed.”
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1933year
New Jerseyattested
“In 1933 Von Neumann accepted a tenured professorship at the Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey, when that institution's plan to appoint Hermann Weyl appeared to have failed.”
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1946year
Institute for Advanced Studyattested
“In 1946 von Neumann founded the "Meteorological Project" at the Institute for Advanced Study, securing funding for his project from the Weather Bureau, the US Air Force and US Navy weather services.”
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1946year
National Weather Serviceattested
“In 1946 von Neumann founded the "Meteorological Project" at the Institute for Advanced Study, securing funding for his project from the Weather Bureau, the US Air Force and US Navy weather services.”
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1953year
Princetonattested
“In 1953 Bernard Schriever, who was present at the meeting, paid a personal visit to von Neumann at Princeton to confirm this possibility.”
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8 February 1957exact date
Princeton Cemeteryattested
“Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't." Von Neumann died Roman Catholic on February 8, 1957, aged 53, at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital and was buried at Princeton Cemetery.”
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8 February 1957exact date
Walter Reed Army Medical Hospitalattested
“Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't." Von Neumann died Roman Catholic on February 8, 1957, aged 53, at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital and was buried at Princeton Cemetery.”
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Places John von Neumann is documented in
Institute for Advanced Study2 presences · 1933 to 1946Budapest1 presence · 1903New Jersey1 presence · 1933Princeton1 presence · 1953
National Weather Service1 presence · 1946
Princeton Cemetery1 presence · 1957
Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital1 presence · 1957
Other places tied to John von Neumann in the record
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September 1923month
Humboldt University of Berlinmentioned
“This was not something that von Neumann had much knowledge of, so it was arranged for him to take a two-year, non-degree course in chemistry at the University of Berlin, after which he sat for the entrance exam to ETH Zurich, which he pa…”
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September 1923month
ETH Zurichmentioned
“This was not something that von Neumann had much knowledge of, so it was arranged for him to take a two-year, non-degree course in chemistry at the University of Berlin, after which he sat for the entrance exam to ETH Zurich, which he pa…”
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1926year
ETH Zurichmentioned
“In 1926, he graduated as a chemical engineer from ETH Zurich and simultaneously passed his final examinations summa cum laude for his Ph.D.”
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1927year
Göttingenmentioned
“By 1927, von Neumann was involving himself in discussions in Göttingen on whether elementary arithmetic followed from Peano axioms.”
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13 December 1927exact date
Humboldt University of Berlinmentioned
“Von Neumann's habilitation was completed on December 13, 1927, and he began to give lectures as a Privatdozent at the University of Berlin in 1928.”
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1928year
Berlinmentioned
“Von Neumann's interest in the topic began while he was lecturing at Berlin in 1928 and 1929.”
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1929year
University of Hamburgmentioned
“In 1929, he briefly became a Privatdozent at the University of Hamburg, where the prospects of becoming a tenured professor were better, then in October of that year moved to Princeton University as a visiting lecturer in mathematical ph…”
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1929year
Princeton Universitymentioned
“In 1929, he briefly became a Privatdozent at the University of Hamburg, where the prospects of becoming a tenured professor were better, then in October of that year moved to Princeton University as a visiting lecturer in mathematical ph…”
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1939year
United Statesmentioned
“His mother, brothers and in-laws would follow von Neumann to the United States in 1939.”
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1940year
Institute for Advanced Studymentioned
“A final contribution in 1940 was for a joint seminar he conducted with Birkhoff at the Institute for Advanced Study on the subject where he developed a theory of σ-complete lattice ordered rings.”
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1955year
Suitland, Marylandmentioned
“In 1955 von Neumann, Charney and their collaborators convinced their funders to open the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit (JNWPU) in Suitland, Maryland, which began routine real-time weather forecasting.”
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1955year
Princetonmentioned
“Phillips in 1955 prompted immediate reaction and von Neumann organized a conference at Princeton on "Application of Numerical Integration Techniques to the Problem of the General Circulation".”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
Rachel CarsonWalter Reed Army Medical Hospital · 1957Albert EinsteinPrinceton University · 1933Kurt GödelPrinceton University · 1933Milton FriedmanInstitute for Advanced Study · 1946Emil ArtinInstitute for Advanced Study · 1946
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