Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Leo Baekeland across 4 places, from 1863 to 1944.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Leo Baekeland was documented, and when
14 November 1863exact date
Ghentattested“Leo Baekeland was born in Ghent, Belgium, on November 14, 1863, the son of a cobbler, Charles Baekeland, and a house maid, Rosalia Merchie.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
1880year
Ghentattested“He graduated with honours from the Ghent Municipal Technical School and was awarded a scholarship by the City of Ghent to study chemistry at the Ghent University, which he entered in 1880.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
1889year
Englandattested“In 1889, Baekeland and his wife Céline took advantage of a travel scholarship to visit universities in England and the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
1917year
Columbia Universityattested“In 1917, Baekeland became a professor by special appointment at Columbia University.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
1944year
Beacon, New Yorkattested“He died of a stroke in a sanatorium in Beacon, New York, in 1944.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
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1887 to 1889period
Ghentmentioned“After a brief appointment as Professor of Physics and Chemistry at the Government Higher Normal School in Bruges (1887–1889), he was appointed associate professor of chemistry at Ghent University in 1889.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
1887 to 1889period
Brugesmentioned“After a brief appointment as Professor of Physics and Chemistry at the Government Higher Normal School in Bruges (1887–1889), he was appointed associate professor of chemistry at Ghent University in 1889.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
1900year
Germanymentioned“His first step was to go to Germany in 1900, for a "refresher in electrochemistry" at the Technical Institute at Charlottenburg.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
1900year
Charlottenburgmentioned“His first step was to go to Germany in 1900, for a "refresher in electrochemistry" at the Technical Institute at Charlottenburg.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
1935 to 1936period
American Philosophical Societymentioned“Baekeland was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1935 and the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Baekeland
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