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Personal Biography: Timeline
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Jan. 17, 1917 |
Morawetz born in
Světlá nad Sázavou, Czechoslovakia |
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1920-1926 |
Lived in Úpice during the winter, in Světlá during the summer |
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1927-1935 |
High school in Prague |
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1935-1937 |
Studied forestry
in Prague |
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Fall 1937 |
Studied music in Vienna |
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Mar. 1938 |
Fled home to Czechoslovakia |
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Dec. 1938 |
Studied music in Paris |
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Oct. 1939 |
Fled to Italy |
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Mar. 1940 |
Flew to the Canary Islands; then sailed to Santo Domingo |
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Jun. 17, 1940 |
Arrived in Canada |
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Jan. 16, 1946 |
Became a naturalized Canadian citizen |
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Jun. 7, 1958 |
Married Ruth Spafford Shipman |
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May 2, 1962 |
Daughter, Claudia Louise, is born |
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Feb. 11, 1966 |
Son, Richard Norman, is born |
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1984 |
Divorced and Retired |
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May 1995 |
Suffered onset of depression |
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Mar. 2002 |
Moved to a retirement home |
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Jun. 13, 2007 |
Morawetz passed away in Toronto |
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