Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Paul Dirac across 5 places, from 1902 to 1984.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was a British theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Paul Dirac is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Paul Dirac was documented, and when
8 August 1902exact date
Bristolattested“Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was born on 8 August 1902 at his parents' home in Bristol, England, and grew up in the Bishopston area of the city.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
8 August 1902exact date
Bishopston, Bristolattested“Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was born on 8 August 1902 at his parents' home in Bristol, England, and grew up in the Bishopston area of the city.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
1926year
Cambridgeattested“For this work, published in 1926, Dirac received a PhD from Cambridge.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
1932 to 1969period
University of Cambridgeattested“From 1932 to 1969, Dirac was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
20 October 1984exact date
Tallahassee, Floridaattested“Dirac died on 20 October 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida, at the age of 82, and was buried at Tallahassee's Roselawn Cemetery.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
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August 1929month
Japanmentioned“An anecdote recounted in a review of the 2009 biography tells of Werner Heisenberg and Dirac sailing on an ocean liner to a conference in Japan in August 1929.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
19 August 1929exact date
Tokyomentioned“On 19 August 1929 Dirac travelled together with Werner Heisenberg with the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 at its first round-the-world flight to Tokyo, where both held lectures.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
1930 to 1969period
Cambridgementioned“In 1930, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar attended Dirac's course on quantum mechanics four times, describing it as "just like a piece of music you want to hear over and over again." In 1969, Dirac was forced to retire from his chair at Cambri…”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
1934year
Princeton, New Jerseymentioned“Margit, known as Manci, had visited her brother in 1934 in Princeton, New Jersey, from their native Hungary and, while at dinner at the Annex Restaurant, met the "lonely-looking man at the next table".”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
1934year
Princetonmentioned“Margit, known as Manci, had visited her brother in 1934 in Princeton, New Jersey, from their native Hungary and, while at dinner at the Annex Restaurant, met the "lonely-looking man at the next table".”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
1956year
Moscow State Universitymentioned“While visiting Moscow State University in 1956, Dirac was asked to summarize his philosophy of physics.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
1963 to 1966period
Yeshiva Universitymentioned“The 1963–1964 lectures Dirac gave on quantum field theory at Yeshiva University were published in 1966 as the Belfer Graduate School of Science, Monograph Series Number, 3.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
September 1970month
Tallahassee, Floridamentioned“In September 1970 he also accepted a visiting professor position at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, and moved his family to Tallahassee.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
September 1970month
Florida State Universitymentioned“In September 1970 he also accepted a visiting professor position at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, and moved his family to Tallahassee.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
September 1970month
Floridamentioned“In September 1970 he also accepted a visiting professor position at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, and moved his family to Tallahassee.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Dirac
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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