Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Peter Medawar across 9 places, from 1915 to 1987.
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Sir Peter Brian Medawar (28 February 1915 – 2 October 1987) was a Brazilian-born biologist and writer of Lebanese-British descent who, from a succession of research and teaching posts (Oxford through the Royal Institution), and senior U.K.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Peter Medawar was documented, and when
28 February 1915exact date
Petrópolisattested“Medawar is stated as having been born on 28 February 1915 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a place his parents had taken residence, and elsewhere as having been born in Petrópolis, a Brazilian Imperial City, north of Rio de Janeiro city.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
28 February 1915exact date
Rio de Janeiro, Brazilattested“Medawar is stated as having been born on 28 February 1915 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a place his parents had taken residence, and elsewhere as having been born in Petrópolis, a Brazilian Imperial City, north of Rio de Janeiro city.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
1918year
Brazilattested“Peter Medawar's status as a British citizen was acquired at birth, as he said, "My birth was registered at the British Consulate in good time to acquire the status of 'natural-born British subject'." Medawar left Brazil with his family f…”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
1928 to 1930period
Englandattested“According to other accounts, he moved to England when he was 13 (i.e., 1928–1929) or 14 (i.e., 1929–1930).”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
1947 to 1951period
University of Birminghamattested“In 1947, he became Mason Professor of Zoology at the University of Birmingham and worked there until 1951.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
1951year
University College Londonattested“He transferred to University College London in 1951 as Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
July 1952month
Oxford Universityattested“Medawar presented a talk on viviparity in animals (the phenomenon by which some animals give live birth) at a meeting on evolution at Oxford in July 1952.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
1977 to 1987period
Royal Institutionattested“He became professor of experimental medicine at the Royal Institution (1977–1983), and president of the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (1981–1987).”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
1987year
Royal Free Hospitalattested“However, he suffered further strokes, and in 1987 he died in the Royal Free Hospital, London.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
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1932 to 1935period
Magdalen College, Oxfordmentioned“Nevertheless, in 1932, he went on to Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a first-class honours degree in zoology in 1935.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
1941year
Sir William Dunn School of Pathologymentioned“He also worked at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology supervised by Howard Florey (later Nobel laureate, and who inspired him to take up immunology) and completed his doctoral thesis in 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
1969year
Exeter Cathedralmentioned“While attending the annual British Association meeting in 1969, Medawar suffered a stroke when reading the lesson at Exeter Cathedral, a duty which falls on every new President of the British Association.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Medawar
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