Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Luis Walter Alvarez across 7 places, from 1911 to 1944.
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Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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13 June 1911exact date
San Franciscoattested“Luis Walter Alvarez was born into a Roman Catholic family in San Francisco on June 13, 1911, the second child and oldest son of Walter C.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1926year
Mayo Clinicattested“In 1926, his father became a researcher at the Mayo Clinic, and the family moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where Alvarez attended Rochester High School.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1926year
Rochester, Minnesotaattested“In 1926, his father became a researcher at the Mayo Clinic, and the family moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where Alvarez attended Rochester High School.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1932 to 1936period
University of Chicagoattested“He had always expected to attend the University of California, Berkeley, but at the urging of his teachers at Rochester, he instead went to the University of Chicago, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1932, his master's degree i…”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1943year
Englandattested“Alvarez spent the summer of 1943 in England testing GCA, landing planes returning from battle in bad weather, and also training the British in the use of the system.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1943year
Los Alamos National Laboratoryattested“In the fall of 1943, Alvarez returned to the United States with an offer from Robert Oppenheimer to work at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1943year
United Statesattested“In the fall of 1943, Alvarez returned to the United States with an offer from Robert Oppenheimer to work at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1944year
Los Alamos National Laboratoryattested“As a result of his radar work and the few months spent with Fermi, Alvarez arrived at Los Alamos in the spring of 1944, later than many of his contemporaries.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
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1918 to 1924period
San Franciscomentioned“He attended Madison School in San Francisco from 1918 to 1924, and then San Francisco Polytechnic High School.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1932year
Chicagomentioned“In 1932, as a graduate student at Chicago, he discovered the field of physics and had the rare opportunity to use the equipment of legendary physicist Albert A.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1936year
Radiation Laboratorymentioned“After he completed his oral exams in 1936, Alvarez, now engaged to be married to Geraldine Smithwick, asked his sister to see if Lawrence had any jobs available at the Radiation Laboratory.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1940year
United Statesmentioned“The British Tizard Mission to the United States in 1940 demonstrated to leading American scientists the successful application of the cavity magnetron to produce short wavelength pulsed radar.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
1967year
United Statesmentioned“Alvarez assembled a team of physicists and archeologists from the United States and Egypt, the recording equipment was constructed and the experiment carried out, though it was interrupted by the 1967 Six-Day War.”source: Wikipedia: Luis Walter Alvarez
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