Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Joseph Needham across 5 places, from 1914 to 1985.
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Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (9 December 1900 – 24 March 1995) was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, initiating publication of the multivolume Science and Civilisation in China.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Joseph Needham was documented, and when
1914year
Oundle Schoolattested“In 1914, with the outbreak of World War I, Needham was sent to Oundle School, founded in 1556 in Northamptonshire.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1914year
Northamptonshireattested“In 1914, with the outbreak of World War I, Needham was sent to Oundle School, founded in 1556 in Northamptonshire.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1937year
Cambridgeattested“Needham wrote: "Merton has shown how puritan were the early Fellows of the Royal Society." And goes on to acknowledge Holorenshaw in pointing out: "that no less than the men of property, the Levellers realised the social importance of sc…”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1965year
Chinaattested“In 1965, with Derek Bryan, a retired diplomat whom he first met in China, Needham established the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding, which for some years provided the only way for British subjects to visit the People's Republic of…”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1985year
Cambridgeattested“The Needham Research Institute in Robinson College in Cambridge, devoted to the study of China's scientific history, was opened in 1985 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Chancellor of Cambridge University.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1985year
Robinson Collegeattested“The Needham Research Institute in Robinson College in Cambridge, devoted to the study of China's scientific history, was opened in 1985 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Chancellor of Cambridge University.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
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1921year
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridgementioned“In 1921, Needham graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1939year
Englandmentioned“In 1939, Needham referred to his thesis that "man's intellectual progress cannot be understood save in the light of his social progress" illustrated by the historical period which saw the re-birth of experimental science in Europe and in…”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1942 to 1946period
Chongqingmentioned“Under the Royal Society's direction, Needham was the director of the Sino-British Science Co-operation Office in Chongqing from 1942 to 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1943year
Gansumentioned“His longest trip in late 1943 ended in far west in Gansu at the caves in Dunhuang at the end of the Great Wall where the earliest dated printed book - a copy of the Diamond Sutra - was found.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1943year
Dunhuangmentioned“His longest trip in late 1943 ended in far west in Gansu at the caves in Dunhuang at the end of the Great Wall where the earliest dated printed book - a copy of the Diamond Sutra - was found.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1944year
Yunnanmentioned“In 1944 he visited Yunnan in an attempt to reach the Burmese border.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1948year
Gonville and Caius Collegementioned“After two years in which the suspicions of the Americans over scientific co-operation with communists intensified, Needham resigned in 1948 and returned to Gonville and Caius College, where he resumed his fellowship and his rooms, which…”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1948year
Cambridgementioned“In 1948, Needham proposed a project to the Cambridge University Press for a book on Science and Civilisation in China.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1948year
Cambridge University Pressmentioned“In 1948, Needham proposed a project to the Cambridge University Press for a book on Science and Civilisation in China.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1948year
Chinamentioned“In 1948, Needham proposed a project to the Cambridge University Press for a book on Science and Civilisation in China.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
1964 to 1972period
Chinamentioned“On a visit to China in 1964 he was met by Zhou Enlai, and in 1965 stated that "China has a better government now than for centuries", but on a visit in 1972 he was deeply depressed by the changes under the Cultural Revolution.”source: Wikipedia: Joseph Needham
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