Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Alfred, Lord Tennyson across 6 places, from 1809 to 1892.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Alfred, Lord Tennyson is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Alfred, Lord Tennyson was documented, and when
6 August 1809exact date
Somersby, Lincolnshireattested“Alfred Tennyson was born on 6 August 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1837year
Epping Forestattested“Tennyson and his family were allowed to stay in the rectory for some time, but later moved to Beech Hill Park, High Beach, deep within Epping Forest, Essex, about 1837.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1837year
Beech Hill Parkattested“Tennyson and his family were allowed to stay in the rectory for some time, but later moved to Beech Hill Park, High Beach, deep within Epping Forest, Essex, about 1837.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1840year
Chapel House, Twickenhamattested“Tennyson moved to London in 1840 and lived for a time at Chapel House, Twickenham.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1840year
Londonattested“Tennyson moved to London in 1840 and lived for a time at Chapel House, Twickenham.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
14 May 1842exact date
Londonattested“On 14 May 1842, while living modestly in London, Tennyson published the two-volume Poems, of which the first included works already published and the second was made up almost entirely of new poems.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Other places tied to Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the record
In each of these, a source puts Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Alfred, Lord Tennyson was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1827year
Trinity College, Cambridgementioned“He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1827, where he joined a secret society called the Cambridge Apostles.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1829year
Cambridgementioned“In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu".”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
25 October 1854exact date
Charge of the Light Brigadementioned“In 1855, Tennyson produced one of his best-known works, "The Charge of the Light Brigade", a dramatic tribute to the British cavalrymen involved in an ill-advised charge on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1869year
Blackdown, Sussexmentioned“He eventually found that there were too many starstruck tourists who pestered him in Farringford, so he moved to Aldworth, in West Sussex in 1869.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1869year
West Sussexmentioned“He eventually found that there were too many starstruck tourists who pestered him in Farringford, so he moved to Aldworth, in West Sussex in 1869.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1869year
Farringfordmentioned“He eventually found that there were too many starstruck tourists who pestered him in Farringford, so he moved to Aldworth, in West Sussex in 1869.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1884year
Isle of Wightmentioned“In 1884 Queen Victoria created him Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1884year
Gloucestershirementioned“A heraldic achievement of Tennyson exists in an 1884 stained-glass window in the Hall of Trinity College, Cambridge, showing arms: These are a difference of the arms of Thomas Tenison (1636–1715), Archbishop of Canterbury, themselves a d…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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