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William Alfred Fowler

1911 to 1995 7 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for William Alfred Fowler across 5 places, from 1911 to 1995. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 to March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where William Alfred Fowler was documented, and when

9 August 1911exact date
Pittsburghattested “On 9 August 1911, Fowler was born in Pittsburgh.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1939year
California Institute of Technologyattested “In 1939, Fowler became an assistant professor at Caltech.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1942year
California Institute of Technologyattested “In 1942, Fowler became an associate professor at Caltech.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1946year
California Institute of Technologyattested “In 1946, Fowler became a Professor at Caltech.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1962 to 1983period
American Philosophical Societyattested “He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1962, won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society in 1963, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1965, won the Vetlesen Prize in…” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1962 to 1983period
American Academy of Arts and Sciencesattested “He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1962, won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society in 1963, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1965, won the Vetlesen Prize in…” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
11 March 1995exact date
Pasadena, Californiaattested “On 11 March 1995, Fowler died from kidney failure in Pasadena, California.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler

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Places William Alfred Fowler is documented in

California Institute of Technology3 presences · 1939 to 1946American Academy of Arts and Sciences1 presence · 1962American Philosophical Society1 presence · 1962Pasadena, California1 presence · 1995Pittsburgh1 presence · 1911

Other places tied to William Alfred Fowler in the record

In each of these, a source puts William Alfred Fowler and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that William Alfred Fowler was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1933year
Ohio State Universitymentioned “In 1933, Fowler graduated from the Ohio State University, where he was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1933year
Ohiomentioned “In 1933, Fowler graduated from the Ohio State University, where he was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1936year
California Institute of Technologymentioned “In 1936, Fowler became a research fellow at Caltech.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1962year
St John's College, Cambridgementioned “Fowler was Guggenheim Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge in 1962–63.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
1973year
Soviet Unionmentioned “In 1973, he travelled to the Soviet Union just to observe the steam engine that powered the Trans-Siberian Railway plying the nearly route that connects Khabarovsk and Moscow.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler
December 1989month
Pasadena, Californiamentioned “In December 1989, Fowler married Mary Dutcher, an artist, in Pasadena, California.” source: Wikipedia: William Alfred Fowler

Documented at the same place, the same year

Max PerutzAmerican Philosophical Society · 1962George BeadleCalifornia Institute of Technology · 1946Thomas Hunt MorganCaltech · 1942Fritz ZwickyCaltech · 1942Timothy LearyAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1962Paul TillichAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1962Thomas P. StaffordAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1962

Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.

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Sources

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