Lise Meitner
1878 to 1968
15 documented presences
12 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for Lise Meitner across 12 places, from 1878 to 1967. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Elise Lise Meitner (7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian and Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Lise Meitner was documented, and when
November 1878month
Leopoldstadtattested
“Elise Meitner was born in November 1878 into a Jewish upper-middle-class family at the family home in 27 Kaiser Josefstraße in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna.”
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1912year
Berlinattested
“In 1912, Hahn and Meitner moved to the newly founded Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (KWI) for Chemistry in Berlin.”
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1921year
Lund Universityattested
“In 1921, Meitner accepted an invitation from Manne Siegbahn to come to Sweden and give a series of lectures on radioactivity as a visiting professor at Lund University.”
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1921year
Swedenattested
“In 1921, Meitner accepted an invitation from Manne Siegbahn to come to Sweden and give a series of lectures on radioactivity as a visiting professor at Lund University.”
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1923 to 1933period
Humboldt University of Berlinattested
“From 1923 to 1933, she taught a colloquium or tutorial at Friedrich Wilhelm University each semester, and supervised doctoral students at the KWI for Chemistry.”
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1926year
Germanyattested
“In 1926, she became an (), the first woman university physics professor in Germany.”
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1938year
Kungälvattested
“As 'nuclear chemists' fairly close to physics we cannot yet bring ourselves to take this step which contradicts all previous experience in physics." Frisch normally celebrated Christmas with Meitner in Berlin, but in 1938 she accepted an…”
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1938year
Berlinattested
“As 'nuclear chemists' fairly close to physics we cannot yet bring ourselves to take this step which contradicts all previous experience in physics." Frisch normally celebrated Christmas with Meitner in Berlin, but in 1938 she accepted an…”
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July 1939month
Cambridgeattested
“She visited Cambridge in July 1939 and accepted an offer from William Lawrence Bragg and John Cockcroft of a position at the Cavendish Laboratory on a three-year contract with Girton College, Cambridge, but the Second World War broke out…”
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July 1939month
Cavendish Laboratoryattested
“She visited Cambridge in July 1939 and accepted an offer from William Lawrence Bragg and John Cockcroft of a position at the Cavendish Laboratory on a three-year contract with Girton College, Cambridge, but the Second World War broke out…”
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1947year
Stockholmattested
“In 1947, Meitner moved to the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, where Gudmund Borelius established a new facility for atomic research.”
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1947year
Royal Institute of Technologyattested
“In 1947, Meitner moved to the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, where Gudmund Borelius established a new facility for atomic research.”
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1948year
Cambridgeattested
“He worked there until he was pensioned off in 1948, and then moved to Cambridge to join Otto Robert Frisch.”
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1964year
United Statesattested
“A strenuous trip to the United States in 1964 led to Meitner having a heart attack, which she spent several months recovering from.”
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1967year
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Places Lise Meitner is documented in
Cambridge3 presences · 1939 to 1967Berlin2 presences · 1912 to 1938Germany1 presence · 1926Humboldt University of Berlin1 presence · 1923Stockholm1 presence · 1947Sweden1 presence · 1921United States1 presence · 1964
Cavendish Laboratory1 presence · 1939
Kungälv1 presence · 1938
Leopoldstadt1 presence · 1878
Lund University1 presence · 1921
Royal Institute of Technology1 presence · 1947
Other places tied to Lise Meitner in the record
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1897year
Viennamentioned
“Women were not allowed to attend public institutions of higher education in Vienna until 1897, but when this restriction was lifted, the requirement for a gymnasium education was waived and women only needed to pass the , the secondary s…”
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July 1901month
Akademisches Gymnasium (Vienna)mentioned
“In July 1901, they sat an external examination at the Akademisches Gymnasium.”
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October 1901month
University of Viennamentioned
“Meitner entered the University of Vienna in October 1901.”
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1903 to 1906period
University of Viennamentioned
“She became the second woman to earn a doctoral degree in physics at the University of Vienna, after Olga Steindler who had received her degree in 1903; the third was Selma Freud, who worked in the same laboratory as Meitner, and received…”
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1914year
Praguementioned
“In 1914, Meitner was offered an academic position in Prague, which was then part of her country of Austria-Hungary.”
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July 1915month
Viennamentioned
“In July 1915, she returned to Vienna, where she joined the Austrian Army as an X-ray nurse-technician.”
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September 1916month
Polandmentioned
“Her unit was deployed to the Eastern front in Poland, and she also served on the Italian front before being discharged in September 1916.”
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1933 to 1938period
Germanymentioned
“After the war, Meitner acknowledged her own moral failing in staying in Germany from 1933 to 1938.”
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1934 to 1939period
Birkbeck Collegementioned
“Stern found Frisch a position with Patrick Blackett at Birkbeck College in England, and he later worked at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen from 1934 to 1939.”
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1934 to 1939period
Niels Bohr Institutementioned
“Stern found Frisch a position with Patrick Blackett at Birkbeck College in England, and he later worked at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen from 1934 to 1939.”
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1934 to 1939period
Englandmentioned
“Stern found Frisch a position with Patrick Blackett at Birkbeck College in England, and he later worked at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen from 1934 to 1939.”
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1934 to 1939period
Copenhagenmentioned
“Stern found Frisch a position with Patrick Blackett at Birkbeck College in England, and he later worked at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen from 1934 to 1939.”
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14 January 1939exact date
Dachau concentration campmentioned
“Ruth Lewin Sime wrote that: On 14 January 1939, Meitner learned that her brother-in-law Jutz had been released from Dachau and he and her sister Gusti were permitted to emigrate to Sweden.”
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14 January 1939exact date
Swedenmentioned
“Ruth Lewin Sime wrote that: On 14 January 1939, Meitner learned that her brother-in-law Jutz had been released from Dachau and he and her sister Gusti were permitted to emigrate to Sweden.”
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1945year
1945year
1945year
25 January 1946exact date
1964year
1964year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Carl von RokitanskyLeopoldstadt · 1878Victoria of BadenSweden · 1921Olivia Newton-JohnCambridge · 1948Gordon AllportCambridge · 1967John CockcroftCambridge · 1967Franz KafkaBerlin · 1923Leon TrotskyBerlin · 1923El LissitzkyBerlin · 1923Robert Ritter von GreimBerlin · 1923Max WertheimerBerlin · 1923Houston Stewart ChamberlainBerlin · 1923Pyotr KrasnovBerlin · 1923
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