Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Roman Jakobson across 8 places, from 1922 to 1982.
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Roman Osipovich Jakobson (born Roman Iosel-Berovich Yakobson; 18 July 1982) was a Russian linguist and literary theorist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Roman Jakobson was documented, and when
1922year
Czechoslovakiaattested“Living in Czechoslovakia meant that Jakobson was physically close to the linguist who would be his most important collaborator during the 1920s and 1930s, Prince Nikolai Trubetzkoy, who fled Russia at the time of the Revolution and took…”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1922year
Viennaattested“Living in Czechoslovakia meant that Jakobson was physically close to the linguist who would be his most important collaborator during the 1920s and 1930s, Prince Nikolai Trubetzkoy, who fled Russia at the time of the Revolution and took…”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1926year
Charles Universityattested“In 1926 the Prague school of linguistic theory was established by the professor of English at Charles University, Vilém Mathesius, with Jakobson as a founding member and a prime intellectual force (other members included Trubetzkoy, René…”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1933year
Masaryk Universityattested“He became a professor at Masaryk University in Brno in 1933.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1933year
Brnoattested“He became a professor at Masaryk University in Brno in 1933.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1949 to 1967period
Harvard Universityattested“In 1949 Jakobson moved to Harvard University, where he remained until his retirement in 1967.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
18 July 1982exact date
Cambridge, Massachusettsattested“Jakobson died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 18 July 1982.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
18 July 1982exact date
Cambridgeattested“Jakobson died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 18 July 1982.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
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1912 to 1920period
Russiamentioned“According to Jakobson's own personal reminiscences, the most decisive stage in the development of his thinking was the period of revolutionary anticipation and upheaval in Russia between 1912 and 1920, when, as a young student, he fell u…”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1918year
Moscow Universitymentioned“Jakobson received a master's degree from Moscow University in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1918year
Moscowmentioned“Jakobson received a master's degree from Moscow University in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1920year
Moscowmentioned“He left Moscow for Prague in 1920, where he worked as a member of the Soviet diplomatic mission while continuing with his doctoral studies.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
Praguementioned“Jakobson escaped from Prague in early March 1939 via Berlin for Denmark, where he was associated with the Copenhagen linguistic circle, and such intellectuals as Louis Hjelmslev.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
March 1939month
Berlinmentioned“Jakobson escaped from Prague in early March 1939 via Berlin for Denmark, where he was associated with the Copenhagen linguistic circle, and such intellectuals as Louis Hjelmslev.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1 September 1939exact date
Karolinska Hospitalmentioned“He fled to Norway on 1 September 1939, and in 1940 walked across the border to Sweden, where he continued his work at the Karolinska Hospital (with works on aphasia and language competence).”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1 September 1939exact date
Norwaymentioned“He fled to Norway on 1 September 1939, and in 1940 walked across the border to Sweden, where he continued his work at the Karolinska Hospital (with works on aphasia and language competence).”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1 September 1939exact date
Swedenmentioned“He fled to Norway on 1 September 1939, and in 1940 walked across the border to Sweden, where he continued his work at the Karolinska Hospital (with works on aphasia and language competence).”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1941year
New York Citymentioned“When Swedish colleagues feared a possible German occupation, he managed to leave on a cargo ship, together with Ernst Cassirer (the former rector of Hamburg University) to New York City in 1941 to become part of the wider community of in…”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
1951year
United Statesmentioned“His universalizing structuralist theory of phonology, based on a markedness hierarchy of distinctive features, achieved its canonical exposition in a book published in the United States in 1951, jointly authored by Roman Jakobson, C.”source: Wikipedia: Roman Jakobson
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