Otto Hahn
1879 to 1968
11 documented presences
11 places
Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Otto Hahn across 11 places, from 1879 to 1968. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Otto Hahn (8 March 1879 to 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Otto Hahn was documented, and when
8 March 1879exact date
Frankfurtattested
“Otto Hahn was born in Frankfurt am Main on 8 March 1879, the youngest son of Heinrich Hahn, a prosperous glazier and founder of the Glasbau Hahn company, and Charlotte Hahn (née Giese).”
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1897year
University of Marburgattested
“In 1897, after passing his Abitur, Hahn began to study chemistry at the University of Marburg.”
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June 1933month
United Statesattested
“Hahn spent February to June 1933 in the United States and Canada as a visiting professor at Cornell University.”
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1936year
Ithaca, New Yorkattested
“In 1936 Cornell University Press published a book in English (and later in Russian) titled Applied Radiochemistry, which contained the lectures given by Hahn when he was a visiting professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in…”
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1936year
Ithacaattested
“In 1936 Cornell University Press published a book in English (and later in Russian) titled Applied Radiochemistry, which contained the lectures given by Hahn when he was a visiting professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in…”
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3 January 1946exact date
Farm Hallattested
“Hahn was repatriated from Farm Hall on 3 January 1946, but it soon became apparent that difficulties obtaining permission to travel from the British government meant that he would be unable to travel to Sweden before December 1946.”
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3 January 1946exact date
Swedenattested
“Hahn was repatriated from Farm Hall on 3 January 1946, but it soon became apparent that difficulties obtaining permission to travel from the British government meant that he would be unable to travel to Sweden before December 1946.”
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1 April 1946exact date
Germanyattested
“After his return to Germany, he assumed the office on 1 April 1946.”
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1959year
Berlinattested
“In 1959 Hahn co-founded in Berlin the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), a non-governmental organisation, which has been committed to the ideal of responsible science.”
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August 1960month
Franceattested
“In August 1960, while on a study trip in France, Hanno died in a car accident, together with his wife and assistant Ilse Hahn née Pletz.”
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28 July 1968exact date
Göttingenattested
“He gradually became weaker and died in Göttingen on 28 July 1968.”
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Places Otto Hahn is documented in
Berlin1 presence · 1959France1 presence · 1960Frankfurt1 presence · 1879Germany1 presence · 1946Göttingen1 presence · 1968Sweden1 presence · 1946United States1 presence · 1933University of Marburg1 presence · 1897
Farm Hall1 presence · 1946
Ithaca1 presence · 1936
Ithaca, New York1 presence · 1936
Other places tied to Otto Hahn in the record
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1901year
Marburgmentioned
“In 1901, Hahn received his doctorate in Marburg for a dissertation entitled "On Bromine Derivates of Isoeugenol", a topic in classical organic chemistry.”
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1904year
University College Londonmentioned
“With this in mind, and to improve his knowledge of English, Hahn took up a post at University College London in 1904, working under Sir William Ramsay, who was known for having discovered the noble gases.”
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1905 to 1906period
North Americamentioned
“While Hahn was in North America in 1905–1906, his attention had been drawn to a mica-like mineral from Manitoba that contained rubidium.”
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September 1905month
McGill Universitymentioned
“From September 1905 until mid-1906, Hahn worked with Rutherford's group in the basement of the Macdonald Physics Building at McGill University in Montreal.”
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1906year
Germanymentioned
“Rutherford remarked that: "Hahn has a special nose for discovering new elements." In 1906, Hahn returned to Germany, where Fischer placed at his disposal a former woodworking shop (Holzwerkstatt) in the basement of the Chemical Institute…”
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June 1911month
Stettinmentioned
“In June 1911, while attending a conference in Stettin, Hahn met (1887–1968), a student at the Royal School of Art in Berlin.”
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June 1911month
Berlinmentioned
“In June 1911, while attending a conference in Stettin, Hahn met (1887–1968), a student at the Royal School of Art in Berlin.”
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November 1912month
Berlinmentioned
“They saw each other again in Berlin, and became engaged in November 1912.”
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22 March 1913exact date
Stettinmentioned
“On 22 March 1913 the couple were married in Stettin, where Edith's father, Paul Ferdinand Junghans, was a high-ranking law officer and President of the City Parliament until his death in 1915.”
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12 June 1915exact date
Battle of Bolimówmentioned
“Transferred to Poland, at the Battle of Bolimów on 12 June 1915, they released a mixture of chlorine and phosgene gas.”
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12 June 1915exact date
Polandmentioned
“Transferred to Poland, at the Battle of Bolimów on 12 June 1915, they released a mixture of chlorine and phosgene gas.”
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1916year
Flandersmentioned
“This assignment was interrupted by a mission at the front in Flanders and again in 1916 by a mission to Verdun to introduce shells filled with phosgene to the Western Front.”
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1916year
Battle of Verdunmentioned
“This assignment was interrupted by a mission at the front in Flanders and again in 1916 by a mission to Verdun to introduce shells filled with phosgene to the Western Front.”
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December 1916month
Berlinmentioned
“Hahn joined the new gas command unit at Imperial Headquarters in Berlin in December 1916 after travelling between the western and eastern front, Berlin and Leverkusen between mid-1914 and late 1916.”
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September 1917month
September 1917month
September 1917month
1924year
1933year
April 1933month
August 1933month
12 March 1938exact date
January 1945month
25 April 1945exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Max von LaueGermany · 1946Pina BauschBerlin · 1959George GroszBerlin · 1959Frida BoccaraBerlin · 1959Albert EinsteinUnited States · 1933Niels BohrUnited States · 1933Sergei EisensteinUnited States · 1933Anton WebernUnited States · 1933Georges LemaîtreUnited States · 1933Alexander CalderUnited States · 1933Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.United States · 1933Richard E. ByrdUnited States · 1933
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