Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Michael Atiyah across 7 places, from 1929 to 1961.
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Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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22 April 1929exact date
Hampsteadattested“Atiyah was born on 22 April 1929 in Hampstead, London, England, the son of Jean (née Levens) and Edward Atiyah.”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1945 to 1949period
Englandattested“He returned to England and Manchester Grammar School for his HSC studies (1945–1947) and did his national service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (1947–1949).”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1955 to 1961period
Institute for Advanced Studyattested“Atiyah spent the academic year 1955–1956 at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, then returned to Cambridge University, where he was a research fellow and assistant lecturer (1957–1958), then a university lecturer and tutorial fe…”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1955 to 1961period
Cambridge Universityattested“Atiyah spent the academic year 1955–1956 at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, then returned to Cambridge University, where he was a research fellow and assistant lecturer (1957–1958), then a university lecturer and tutorial fe…”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1955 to 1961period
Pembroke College, Cambridgeattested“Atiyah spent the academic year 1955–1956 at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, then returned to Cambridge University, where he was a research fellow and assistant lecturer (1957–1958), then a university lecturer and tutorial fe…”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1955year
Princeton, New Jerseyattested“Singer on the Atiyah–Singer index theorem, and with Friedrich Hirzebruch on topological K-theory, all of whom he met at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 1955.”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1961 to 1963period
University of Oxfordattested“In 1961, he moved to the University of Oxford, where he was a reader and professorial fellow at St Catherine's College (1961–1963).”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
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1934 to 1945period
Khartoummentioned“Atiyah went to primary school at the Diocesan school in Khartoum, Sudan (1934–1941), and to secondary school at Victoria College in Cairo and Alexandria (1941–1945); the school was also attended by European nobility displaced by the Seco…”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1934 to 1945period
Victoria College, Alexandriamentioned“Atiyah went to primary school at the Diocesan school in Khartoum, Sudan (1934–1941), and to secondary school at Victoria College in Cairo and Alexandria (1941–1945); the school was also attended by European nobility displaced by the Seco…”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1934 to 1945period
Cairomentioned“Atiyah went to primary school at the Diocesan school in Khartoum, Sudan (1934–1941), and to secondary school at Victoria College in Cairo and Alexandria (1941–1945); the school was also attended by European nobility displaced by the Seco…”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1949 to 1955period
Trinity College, Cambridgementioned“His undergraduate and postgraduate studies took place at Trinity College, Cambridge (1949–1955).”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1990 to 1996period
Cambridgementioned“Within the United Kingdom, he was involved in the creation of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge and was its first director (1990–1996).”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1990 to 1996period
United Kingdommentioned“Within the United Kingdom, he was involved in the creation of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge and was its first director (1990–1996).”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
1997 to 2019period
University of Edinburghmentioned“From 1997 until his death in 2019 he was an honorary professor in the University of Edinburgh.”source: Wikipedia: Michael Atiyah
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