Timeline: Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922-1996)

Jul 18, 1922

Born, Cincinnati, Ohio

1943

Obtained Bachelor's Degree at Harvard University. Graduated summa cum laude.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/

1946

Obtained Master's Degree in physics at Harvard University

1949

Obtained Ph.D. at Harvard University in the history of science.

1949

Elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard.

Period: 1951 to 1956

Taught the history of or philosophy of science at Harvard University

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn

Period: 1956 to 1964

Taught philosophy of science at UC Berkeley.

While at UC Berkeley, was introduced to Paul Feyerabend, who conferred with him on a draft of The Structure.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/

1957

Published The Copernican Revolution

In this book, he studied the heliocentric theory. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn

1962

Published The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

In his opus, Kuhn discusses the role of science and how paradigms are created, problems are attempted to be solved, crisis occurs, and the paradigm shifts. This book had far reaching effects, bringing "paradigm shift" into the lexicon of people everywhere.
https://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Pajares/kuhnsyn.html

Period: 1964 to 1979

Taught philosophy of science at Princeton University

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn

1965

International Colloquium held at Bedford College, in the UK.

Feyerabend and Kuhn were supposed to deliver opposing viewpoints, i.e. Kuhn's viewpoint vs. Feyerabend who favored the viewpoint of Popper. Feyerabend was unable to attend, and Kuhn's viewpoint took center stage.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/

1977