Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Kurt Gödel across 5 places, from 1906 to 1946.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Kurt Friedrich Gödel (April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Kurt Gödel was documented, and when
28 April 1906exact date
Brünnattested“Gödel was born on April 28, 1906, in Brünn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic), into the German-speaking family of Rudolf Gödel, the managing director and part owner of a major textile firm, and Marianne Gödel (née Handschuh).”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1933year
Institute for Advanced Studyattested“In Princeton, Gödel accepted a position at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), which he had visited during 1933–34.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1933year
Princeton, New Jerseyattested“In Princeton, Gödel accepted a position at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), which he had visited during 1933–34.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1934year
Princeton, New Jerseyattested“In 1934, Gödel gave a series of lectures at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, titled On undecidable propositions of formal mathematical systems.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1934year
Institute for Advanced Studyattested“In 1934, Gödel gave a series of lectures at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, titled On undecidable propositions of formal mathematical systems.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1939year
University of Notre Dameattested“Gödel spent the spring of 1939 at the University of Notre Dame.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1942year
Blue Hill, Maineattested“Gödel and his wife spent the summer of 1942 in Blue Hill, Maine, at the Blue Hill Inn at the top of the bay.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1946year
Princeton, New Jerseyattested“Gödel became a permanent member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
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1912 to 1924period
Brünnmentioned“Gödel attended the , a Lutheran school in Brünn, from 1912 to 1916, and was enrolled in the from 1916 to 1924, excelling with honors in all subjects, particularly mathematics, languages, and religion.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1920year
University of Viennamentioned“His interest in mathematics increased when in 1920 his older brother Rudolf left for Vienna, where he attended medical school at the University of Vienna.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1930year
Königsbergmentioned“In 1930 Gödel attended the Second Conference on the Epistemology of the Exact Sciences, held in Königsberg on September 5–7.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1932year
Viennamentioned“Gödel earned his habilitation at Vienna in 1932, and in 1933 became a (unpaid lecturer) there.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1933year
Nazi Germanymentioned“In 1933, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, and over the following years the Nazis rose in influence in Austria and among Vienna's mathematicians.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
1933year
Austriamentioned“In 1933, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, and over the following years the Nazis rose in influence in Austria and among Vienna's mathematicians.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
4 March 1940exact date
Princeton, New Jerseymentioned“To avoid the difficulty of an Atlantic crossing, the Gödels took the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Pacific, sailed from Japan to San Francisco (which they reached on March 4, 1940), then traveled to Princeton by train.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
4 March 1940exact date
Pacificmentioned“To avoid the difficulty of an Atlantic crossing, the Gödels took the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Pacific, sailed from Japan to San Francisco (which they reached on March 4, 1940), then traveled to Princeton by train.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
4 March 1940exact date
Japanmentioned“To avoid the difficulty of an Atlantic crossing, the Gödels took the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Pacific, sailed from Japan to San Francisco (which they reached on March 4, 1940), then traveled to Princeton by train.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
4 March 1940exact date
San Franciscomentioned“To avoid the difficulty of an Atlantic crossing, the Gödels took the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Pacific, sailed from Japan to San Francisco (which they reached on March 4, 1940), then traveled to Princeton by train.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
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