Quo Fuit places 16 dated presences for Max Born across 12 places, from 1882 to 1970.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Max Born (11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) was a German–British theoretical physicist who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Max Born is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Max Born was documented, and when
11 December 1882exact date
Wrocławattested“Max Born was born on 11 December 1882 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland), Germany, into a family of Jewish descent.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1901year
Wrocławattested“Initially educated at the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Breslau, Born entered the University of Breslau in 1901.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1908year
Mysore Stateattested“Born helped his nephew, architect, Otto Königsberger (1908–1999) obtain a commission in the Mysore State.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
April 1919month
Goethe University Frankfurtattested“In April 1919, he became and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics on the science faculty at the University of Frankfurt am Main.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1921 to 1933period
University of Göttingenattested“For the 12 years Born and Franck were at the University of Göttingen (1921–1933), Born had a collaborator with shared views on basic scientific concepts, a benefit for teaching and research.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1922year
United Statesattested“In 1922, when lecturing in the United States at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Sommerfeld sent his student Werner Heisenberg to be Born's assistant.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1923 to 1924period
Göttingenattested“Heisenberg returned to Göttingen in 1923, where he completed his habilitation under Born in 1924, and became a there.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
25 November 1933exact date
Göttingenattested“In 1928, Einstein nominated Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan for the Nobel Prize in Physics, but Heisenberg alone won the 1932 Prize "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has led to the discovery of the allotropic…”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1935year
Bangaloreattested“File:Max Born and Hedwig Born Bangalore 1935-36 BSM Madhava Rao family archive.png|Max Born and Hedi Born in Bangalore, 1935–36.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
May 1935month
Göttingenattested“Born's position at Cambridge was only a temporary one, and his tenure at Göttingen was terminated in May 1935.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
May 1935month
Cambridgeattested“Born's position at Cambridge was only a temporary one, and his tenure at Göttingen was terminated in May 1935.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
18 March 1936exact date
Indian Instituteattested“File:Max Born signed portrait Cyril Studio Bangalore 18 March 1936.png|Signed portrait of Max Born, Cyril Studio, Bangalore, 18 March 1936 — the day of his departure from the Indian Institute of Science.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
October 1936month
University of Edinburghattested“But then Charles Galton Darwin asked Born if he would consider becoming his successor as Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, an offer that Born promptly accepted, assuming the chair in October 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1952year
Edinburghattested“Born remained at Edinburgh until he reached the retirement age of 70 in 1952.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
In each of these, a source puts Max Born and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Max Born was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1902 to 1903period
Heidelberg Universitymentioned“The German university system allowed students to move easily from one university to another, so he spent summer semesters at the University of Heidelberg in 1902 and the University of Zurich in 1903.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
April 1904month
Wrocławmentioned“Fellow students at Breslau, Otto Toeplitz and Ernst Hellinger, told him about the University of Göttingen, and he went there in April 1904.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1914year
University of Berlinmentioned“In 1914, he received a letter from Max Planck explaining that a new Chair of Theoretical Physics had been created at the University of Berlin.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1915year
Berlinmentioned“Soon after arriving in Berlin in 1915, he enlisted in an Army signals unit.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
January 1933month
Germanymentioned“In January 1933, the Nazi Party came to power in Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
1954year
Bad Pyrmontmentioned“He retired to Bad Pyrmont, in West Germany, in 1954.”source: Wikipedia: Max Born
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