Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Walter A. Shewhart across 4 places, from 1917 to 1967.
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Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "shoe-heart"; March 18, 1891 – March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Walter A. Shewhart was documented, and when
1917year
New Canton, Illinoisattested“Born in New Canton, Illinois to Anton and Esta Barney Shewhart, he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign before being awarded his doctorate in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1917.”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
1917year
University of California, Berkeleyattested“Born in New Canton, Illinois to Anton and Esta Barney Shewhart, he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign before being awarded his doctorate in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1917.”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
1950year
Japanattested“The encounter began a long collaboration between Shewhart and Deming that involved work on productivity during World War II and Deming's championing of Shewhart's ideas in Japan from 1950 onwards.”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
1967year
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jerseyattested“He died at Troy Hills, New Jersey in 1967.”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
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Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey1 presence · 1967
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4 August 1914exact date
Pike County, Illinoismentioned“He married Edna Elizabeth Hart, daughter of William Nathaniel and Isabelle "Ibie" Lippencott Hart on August 4, 1914 in Pike County, Illinois.”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
1917 to 1918period
Wisconsinmentioned“From 1917 to 1918, he was the head of the department of physics at the Wisconsin Normal School (now University of Wisconsin–La Crosse).”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
1918year
Hawthorne Worksmentioned“When Shewhart joined the Western Electric Company Inspection Engineering Department at the Hawthorne Works in 1918, industrial quality was limited to inspecting finished products and removing defective items.”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
1932year
Englandmentioned“Though he lectured in England in 1932 under the sponsorship of Karl Pearson (another committed operationalist) his ideas attracted little enthusiasm within the English statistical tradition.”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
1947 to 1948period
Indiamentioned“Shewhart visited India in 1947–1948 under the sponsorship of P.”source: Wikipedia: Walter A. Shewhart
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