23 moments

1. Birth in Erode

   1887-12-22 · Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

   

   Ramanujan was born at his grandmother's house in Erode. Settlement coordinates; the source identifies his grandmother's house but does not provide its exact site.

2. Childhood move to Kumbakonam

   1888-01-01 · Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India

   

   His mother took him to Kumbakonam when he was one year old; Kumbakonam became the principal setting of his childhood and early education. The source gives age rather than an exact calendar date; 1888 is inferred from his 1887 birth year.

3. Stay with maternal grandparents

   1889-01-01 · Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

   During childhood, Ramanujan moved with his mother to her parents' home in Kanchipuram. The move is described following events in December 1889; the source does not supply a more precise date.

4. Return and schooling in Kumbakonam

   1892-10-01 · Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India

   

   Ramanujan and his mother returned to Kumbakonam, where he was enrolled at Kangayan Primary School. The article dates his enrollment at the local school to 1 October 1892; settlement coordinates are used.

5. Government College studies

   1904-01-01 · Government Arts College, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India

   

   After leaving Town Higher Secondary School, Ramanujan entered Government College in Kumbakonam on a scholarship. Coordinates represent Government Arts College.

6. Month in Rajahmundry

   1905-08-01 · Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India

   After leaving home, Ramanujan stayed in Rajahmundry for about a month. Settlement coordinates; the month-long stay is approximate.

7. Pachaiyappa's College

   1906-01-01 · Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

   Ramanujan went to Madras and attended Pachaiyappa's College while preparing for the First Arts examination. Madras is now Chennai; coordinates represent the college campus.

8. Journey to Villupuram

   1910-01-01 · Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India

   After recovering from illness late in 1910, Ramanujan travelled by train from Kumbakonam to Villupuram. The event is placed after an illness described as occurring in late 1910; no more precise date is supplied.

9. Family residence in George Town

   1912-01-01 · George Town, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

   Ramanujan moved with his wife and mother to a house on Saiva Muthaiah Mudali Street in George Town, Madras, for several months. Coordinates represent George Town; the source gives a street but not a surviving house number.

10. Temporary Accountant General post

    1912-01-01 · Accountant General's Office, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    

    Ramanujan briefly worked in the Madras Accountant General's office before joining the Madras Port Trust. Coordinates are a representative point for the historic central-Madras government-office area; the exact office building is not identified in the source.

11. Madras Port Trust clerkship

    1912-03-01 · Chennai Port Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    

    Ramanujan began duties as a clerk at the Madras Port Trust, an income that supported his continuing mathematical research. Coordinates represent Chennai Port Trust, historically the Madras Port Trust.

12. Research scholarship and Triplicane residence

    1913-05-01 · Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    

    On receiving a University of Madras research position, Ramanujan moved his family to Triplicane. Neighborhood coordinates; Madras is now Chennai.

13. Departure for England

    1914-03-17 · Madras Port, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    

    Ramanujan left Madras aboard the S.S. Nevasa to begin his Cambridge collaboration. Coordinates represent the historic Madras/Chennai harbor area.

14. Neville's Cambridge home

    1914-04-01 · Chesterton Road, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

    

    After his London arrival, Ramanujan stayed at E. H. Neville's Cambridge home before entering residence at Trinity College. The exact arrival date at the house is derivable as 18 April 1914, but the card retains month precision because the source wording is relative.

15. Arrival in London

    1914-04-14 · London, England, United Kingdom

    Ramanujan disembarked in London, where E. H. Neville met him before taking him to Cambridge several days later. City-center coordinates because the specific London disembarkation point is not named.

16. Trinity College rooms

    1914-04-30 · Trinity College, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

    

    Ramanujan moved into rooms at Trinity College, beginning the Cambridge period in which he worked closely with Hardy and Littlewood. Coordinates represent Trinity College; the specific rooms are not located by the source.

17. Cambridge nursing home

    1917-01-01 · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

    

    As his health deteriorated, Ramanujan entered a nursing home in Cambridge in early summer 1917. The preceding sentence dates the onset of illness to spring 1917; the nursing home's exact location is not identified.

18. Sanatorium treatment in London

    1917-01-01 · London, England, United Kingdom

    During his prolonged illness in England, Ramanujan was treated in a London sanatorium. The obituary places the series of sanatorium stays between his illness beginning in 1917 and improvement in autumn 1918; the London institution is not identified.

19. Sanatorium treatment in Matlock

    1917-01-01 · Matlock, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

    During his prolonged illness in England, Ramanujan was treated in a sanatorium at Matlock. The obituary places the series of sanatorium stays between his illness beginning in 1917 and improvement in autumn 1918; it does not date the Matlock stay separately.

20. Sanatorium treatment in Wells

    1917-01-01 · Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

    During his prolonged illness in England, Ramanujan was treated in a sanatorium at Wells. The obituary places the series of sanatorium stays between his illness beginning in 1917 and improvement in autumn 1918; it does not date the Wells stay separately.

21. Return to Kumbakonam

    1919-01-01 · Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India

    

    Ill health compelled Ramanujan's return from England to Kumbakonam in the Madras Presidency. Settlement coordinates; the article does not give an arrival date.

22. Final treatment in Chetpet

    1920-01-01 · Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    As his condition worsened, Ramanujan was brought to Madras for specialist treatment in January 1920. Coordinates represent Chetpet, the Madras locality identified by the same source as his place of death.

23. Death at Chetpet

    1920-04-26 · Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Ramanujan died in Chetpet, Madras, while receiving care after his final return to the city. Chetput is commonly rendered Chetpet; coordinates represent the neighborhood rather than the demolished Gometra house.