Claim: Kurt Gottfried was born in Vienna, his family emigrated to Montreal and studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Evidence: 1929 (age 90–91)
Vienna, Austria McGill University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology In 1939, after their home in Austria was raided on Kristallnacht, his family emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 
Gottfried was born in Vienna, Austria in 1929. In 1939, after their home in Austria was raided on Kristallnacht, his family emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gottfried studied with Victor Weisskopf at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1952 to 1955, completing his Ph.D. thesis, Investigations Based on the Bohr-Mottelson Nuclear Model.