Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Selman Waksman across 4 places, from 1915 to 1916.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Selman Abraham Waksman (July 22, 1888 – August 16, 1973) was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Selman Waksman was documented, and when
1915 to 1916period
United States Department of Agricultureattested“Waksman spent some months in 1915–1916 at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC under Charles Thom, studying soil fungi.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
1915 to 1916period
Washington, DCattested“Waksman spent some months in 1915–1916 at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC under Charles Thom, studying soil fungi.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
1915 to 1916period
United Statesattested“Waksman spent some months in 1915–1916 at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC under Charles Thom, studying soil fungi.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
1916year
Rutgersattested“He continued his studies at Rutgers, receiving a Master of Science the following year, in 1916.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
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United States Department of Agriculture1 presence · 1915
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1910 to 1916period
Odessamentioned“In 1910, shortly after receiving his diploma from the Fifth Gymnasium in Odessa, he immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized American citizen in 1916.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
1910 to 1916period
Fifth Gymnasiummentioned“In 1910, shortly after receiving his diploma from the Fifth Gymnasium in Odessa, he immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized American citizen in 1916.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
1910 to 1916period
United Statesmentioned“In 1910, shortly after receiving his diploma from the Fifth Gymnasium in Odessa, he immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized American citizen in 1916.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
1918year
University of California, Berkeleymentioned“He was appointed as a research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1918 he was awarded his doctor of philosophy in biochemistry.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
1931year
Rutgersmentioned“In 1931, Waksman organized the division of Marine Bacteriology at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in addition to his task at Rutgers.”source: Wikipedia: Selman Waksman
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