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René Risser

1869 to 1958 6 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for René Risser across 5 places, from 1869 to 1927. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

René Nathan Risser (1869 in Thann, Haut-Rhin – 1958) was a French statistician, mathematician, actuary, artillery officer, government administrator, professor of actuarial science, and inventor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where René Risser was documented, and when

22 November 1869exact date
Thanndocumented source: Wikidata: Q47459004
1890year
École polytechniquedocumented source: Wikidata: Q47459004
1892year
École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie in Metzdocumented source: Wikidata: Q47459004
1910 to 1927period
hôtel du Châteletattested source: Wikidata: Q47459004
1927year
Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiersattested source: Wikidata: Q47459004
1927 to 1937period
École polytechniqueattested “In 1927 Risser was appointed a professor of actuarial science and insurance at the École polytechnique, a position which he held until his retirement in 1937.” source: Wikipedia: René Risser

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Places René Risser is documented in

École polytechnique2 presences · 1890 to 1927
Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers1 presence · 1927
École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie in Metz1 presence · 1892
hôtel du Châtelet1 presence · 1910
Thann1 presence · 1869

Other places tied to René Risser in the record

In each of these, a source puts René Risser and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that René Risser was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1892year
École polytechniquementioned “Risser graduated from the École polytechnique in 1892 and then graduated from the École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie (School of application of artillery and of engineering) in the Arrondissement of Fontainebleau.” source: Wikipedia: René Risser
1892year
Arrondissement of Fontainebleaumentioned “Risser graduated from the École polytechnique in 1892 and then graduated from the École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie (School of application of artillery and of engineering) in the Arrondissement of Fontainebleau.” source: Wikipedia: René Risser
1924year
Torontomentioned “He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1924 in Toronto, in 1928 in Bologna, and in 1932 in Zurich.” source: Wikipedia: René Risser
1924year
Bolognamentioned “He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1924 in Toronto, in 1928 in Bologna, and in 1932 in Zurich.” source: Wikipedia: René Risser
1924year
Zurichmentioned “He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1924 in Toronto, in 1928 in Bologna, and in 1932 in Zurich.” source: Wikipedia: René Risser

Documented at the same place, the same year

Charles FabryÉcole polytechnique · 1927Raymond Loewyhôtel du Châtelet · 1910Moïse Kislinghôtel du Châtelet · 1910Wassily KandinskyConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Deng XiaopingConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Henri BergsonConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Hilary PutnamConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Séraphine LouisConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927Carlo LeviConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927François FuretConservatoire national des Arts et Métiers · 1927

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Sources

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