Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Robert Koch across 5 places, from 1843 to 1891.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert Koch was documented, and when
11 December 1843exact date
Clausthalattested“Koch was born in Clausthal, Germany, on 11 December 1843, to Hermann Koch (1814–1877) and Mathilde Julie Henriette (née Biewend; 1818–1871).”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
1862year
University of Göttingenattested“At the age of 19, in 1862, Koch entered the University of Göttingen to study natural science.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
24 March 1882exact date
Berlinattested“He published the discovery as "Die Ätiologie der Tuberkulose" (The Etiology of Tuberculosis), and presented it before the German Physiological Society at Berlin on 24 March 1882.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
1885year
Berlin Universityattested“In 1885, Koch received two appointments as an administrator and professor at Berlin University.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
1885year
Berlinattested“In 1885, Koch received two appointments as an administrator and professor at Berlin University.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
1891year
University of Berlinattested“Following the disappointment, he was released from the University of Berlin and forced to work as Director of the Royal Prussian Institute for Infectious Diseases, a newly established institute, in 1891.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
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1879year
Breslaumentioned“Koch was transferred to Breslau as district physician in 1879.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
August 1881month
Londonmentioned“Koch publicly demonstrated his plating method at the Seventh International Medical Congress in London in August 1881.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
1882 to 1890period
Genevamentioned“They had a heated public debate at the International Congress for Hygiene in Geneva in 1882, where Koch criticised Pasteur's methods as "unreliable," and claimed they "are false and [as such ] they inevitably lead to false conclusions."…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
August 1883month
Alexandria, Egyptmentioned“In August 1883, the German government sent a medical team led by Koch to Alexandria, Egypt, to investigate a cholera epidemic there.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
August 1890month
Berlinmentioned“He made a vague announcement in August 1890 at the Tenth International Medical Congress in Berlin, saying,In a communication which I made a few months ago to the International Medical Congress [in London in 1881], I described a substance…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
August 1890month
Londonmentioned“He made a vague announcement in August 1890 at the Tenth International Medical Congress in Berlin, saying,In a communication which I made a few months ago to the International Medical Congress [in London in 1881], I described a substance…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
1891year
Berlinmentioned“Koch established the Royal Prussian Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin in 1891.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
26 December 1900exact date
German New Guineamentioned“On 26 December 1900, he arrived as part of an expedition to German New Guinea, which was then a protectorate of the German Reich.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
July 1901month
Londonmentioned“Speaking at the Third International Congress on Tuberculosis, held in London in July 1901, he said that cattle tuberculosis is not dangerous to humans and there is no need for medical attention.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Koch
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