Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Thomas Kuhn across 5 places, from 1922 to 1961.
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Thomas Samuel Kuhn (July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996) was an American historian and philosopher of science whose 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles, popularizing the term paradigm shift, which has since become an English-language idiom.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Thomas Kuhn was documented, and when
1922year
Cincinnatiattested“Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1922 to Minette Stroock Kuhn and Samuel L.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
1937year
Solebury Schoolattested“He left Hessian Hills in 1937 and spent one year at the Solebury School before attending The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, graduating in 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
1946 to 1949period
Englandattested“He also obtained MSc and PhD degrees in physics in 1946 and 1949, respectively, under the supervision of John Van Vleck, after a short period of World War II war work with Van Vleck at Harvard's secret Radio Research Laboratory that incl…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
1946 to 1949period
Harvardattested“He also obtained MSc and PhD degrees in physics in 1946 and 1949, respectively, under the supervision of John Van Vleck, after a short period of World War II war work with Van Vleck at Harvard's secret Radio Research Laboratory that incl…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
1948 to 1957period
Harvardattested“Kuhn began his teaching career with a course in the history of science at Harvard from 1948 until 1957 as assistant professor of General Education and History of Science at the suggestion of university president James B.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
1961year
University of California, Berkeleyattested“Kuhn taught next, after Harvard, at the University of California, Berkeley, in both the philosophy department and the history department; he was named Professor of History of Science in 1961.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
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1943year
Harvard Collegementioned“He obtained his BSc degree in physics from Harvard College in 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
1957year
Harvardmentioned“However, Conant's influence at Harvard declined rapidly over the course of the 50s and the general education program was refocused, and Kuhn was rejected for tenure in 1957.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
1978year
New Yorkmentioned“In 1978–79, he was a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
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