Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Alan Watts across 5 places, from 1915 to 1973.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Alan Watts is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Alan Watts was documented, and when
6 January 1915exact date
Chislehurstattested“Watts was born to middle-class parents in Chislehurst, Kent on 6 January 1915, living at Rowan Tree Cottage, 3 (now 5) Holbrook Lane.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1918 to 1976period
Londonattested“He met Eleanor Everett (1918-1976) in 1936, when her mother, Ruth Fuller Everett, brought her to London to study piano.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1951year
Californiaattested“In early 1951, Watts moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1951year
San Franciscoattested“In early 1951, Watts moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
October 1973month
Druid Heightsattested“In October 1973, Watts returned from a European lecture tour to his cabin in Druid Heights, California.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
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Japanmentioned“In his writing, he referred to it as "the great Ch'an (emerging as Zen in Japan) synthesis of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism after AD 700 in China." Watts published his first book, The Spirit of Zen, in 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1936year
Chinamentioned“In his writing, he referred to it as "the great Ch'an (emerging as Zen in Japan) synthesis of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism after AD 700 in China." Watts published his first book, The Spirit of Zen, in 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1938year
Englandmentioned“In 1938 they left England to live in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1938year
United Statesmentioned“In 1938 they left England to live in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
April 1938month
Buddhist Societymentioned“They met at the Buddhist Lodge, were engaged the following year and married in April 1938.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1950year
Renomentioned“According to his daughter Anne, in The Collected Letters of Alan Watts, Watts told his parents that Eleanor was getting a divorce in Reno, when in actuality, "she was granted an annulment, something that would have been difficult for his…”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1958 to 1970period
University of California, Santa Cruzmentioned“When questioned sharply by students during his talk at University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1970, Watts responded, as he had from the early sixties, that he was not an academic philosopher but rather "a philosophical entertainer." So…”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1959 to 1960period
United Statesmentioned“Upon returning to the United States, Watts recorded two seasons of a television series (1959–1960) for KQED public television in San Francisco, "Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life".”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1959 to 1960period
San Franciscomentioned“Upon returning to the United States, Watts recorded two seasons of a television series (1959–1960) for KQED public television in San Francisco, "Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life".”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1962 to 1968period
San Jose State Universitymentioned“Though never affiliated for long with any one academic institution, he was Professor of Comparative Philosophy at the American Academy of Asian Studies, had a fellowship at Harvard University (1962–1964), and was a Scholar at San Jose St…”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1962 to 1968period
Harvard Universitymentioned“Though never affiliated for long with any one academic institution, he was Professor of Comparative Philosophy at the American Academy of Asian Studies, had a fellowship at Harvard University (1962–1964), and was a Scholar at San Jose St…”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
1971year
Druid Heightsmentioned“Writing, for example, in the early 1960s: "Can any melting or burning imaginable get rid of these ever-rising mountains of ruin—especially when the things we make and build are beginning to look more and more like rubbish even before the…”source: Wikipedia: Alan Watts
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