Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Robert H. Grubbs across 7 places, from 1942 to 2021.
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Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert H. Grubbs was documented, and when
27 February 1942exact date
Marshall County, Kentuckyattested“Grubbs was born on February 27, 1942, on a farm in Marshall County, Kentucky, midway between Possum Trot and Calvert City.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
1972year
Columbia Universityattested“While at Columbia University, Grubbs also met his future wife, Helen O'Kane, a special-education teacher, with whom he had three children: Barney (born 1972), Brendan H.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
1978year
California Institute of Technologyattested“In 1978, Grubbs moved to California Institute of Technology as a professor of chemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
1978year
Californiaattested“In 1978, Grubbs moved to California Institute of Technology as a professor of chemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
1998year
Pasadena, Californiaattested“Both first and second generation Grubbs catalysts were commercially available from Materia, a startup company that Grubbs co-founded with Mike Giardello in Pasadena, California, in 1998.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
19 December 2021exact date
Duarte, Californiaattested“Grubbs died from a heart attack at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California, on December 19, 2021, at age 79.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
19 December 2021exact date
City of Hope National Medical Centerattested“Grubbs died from a heart attack at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California, on December 19, 2021, at age 79.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
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City of Hope National Medical Center1 presence · 2021
Duarte, California1 presence · 2021
Marshall County, Kentucky1 presence · 1942
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Stanford Universitymentioned“Grubbs worked with James Collman at Stanford University as a National Institutes of Health fellow during 1968–1969.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
1975year
Max Planck Institute for Coal Researchmentioned“In 1975, he went to the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim, Germany, on a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
1975year
Mülheimmentioned“In 1975, he went to the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim, Germany, on a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Grubbs
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