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Martin Lewis Perl

1927 to 2014 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Martin Lewis Perl across 3 places, from 1963 to 2014. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Martin Lewis Perl (June 24, 1927 – September 30, 2014) was an American chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Martin Lewis Perl was documented, and when

1963year
Stanford Linear Accelerator Centerattested “He had the opportunity to start planning experimental work in this area when he moved in 1963 to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), then being built in California.” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl
1963year
Californiaattested “He had the opportunity to start planning experimental work in this area when he moved in 1963 to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), then being built in California.” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl
30 September 2014exact date
Stanford University Hospitalattested “He died after a heart attack at Stanford University Hospital on September 30, 2014, at the age of 87.” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl

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Places Martin Lewis Perl is documented in

California1 presence · 1963
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center1 presence · 1963
Stanford University Hospital1 presence · 2014

Other places tied to Martin Lewis Perl in the record

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1948year
Brooklynmentioned “Perl was a 1948 chemical engineering graduate of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (now known as NYU-Tandon) in Brooklyn.” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl
1950year
Union Collegementioned “To learn about how the electron tubes worked, Perl signed up for courses in atomic physics and advanced calculus at Union College in Schenectady, New York, which led to his growing interest in physics, and eventually to becoming a gradua…” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl
1950year
Schenectady, New Yorkmentioned “To learn about how the electron tubes worked, Perl signed up for courses in atomic physics and advanced calculus at Union College in Schenectady, New York, which led to his growing interest in physics, and eventually to becoming a gradua…” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl
1955year
Columbia Universitymentioned “from Columbia University in 1955, where his thesis advisor was I.I.” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl
1974 to 1977period
SLACmentioned “The tau was first detected in a series of experiments between 1974 and 1977 by Perl with his colleagues at the SLAC-LBL group.” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl
2009year
University of Belgradementioned “In 2009, Perl received an honorary doctorate from the University of Belgrade.” source: Wikipedia: Martin Lewis Perl

Documented at the same place, the same year

Niklaus WirthStanford Linear Accelerator Center · 1963Albert KingCalifornia · 1963

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