Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Alfred Nobel across 7 places, from 1833 to 1891.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Alfred Nobel is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Alfred Nobel was documented, and when
21 October 1833exact date
Stockholmattested“Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 21 October 1833.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1850year
Parisattested“As a young man, Nobel studied with chemist Nikolai Zinin; then, in 1850, he went to Paris to further the work.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1851year
United Statesattested“In 1851 at age 18, he went to the United States for one year to study, working for a short period under Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson, who designed the American Civil War ironclad, USS Monitor.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1859year
Saint Petersburgattested“The Monument to Alfred Nobel (, ) stands in Saint Petersburg along the Bolshaya Nevka River on the Petrogradskaya Embankment, the street where Nobel's family lived until 1859.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1865 to 1873period
Hamburgattested“From 1865 to 1873, Nobel lived in Krümmel (now in the municipality of Geesthacht, near Hamburg).”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1873 to 1891period
Parisattested“From 1873 to 1891, he lived in a house on the Avenue de Malakoff in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1891 to 1896period
Sanremoattested“In 1891, after being accused of high treason against France for selling Ballistite to Italy, he moved from Paris to Sanremo, Italy, acquiring Villa Nobel, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, where he died in 1896.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1891 to 1896period
Parisattested“In 1891, after being accused of high treason against France for selling Ballistite to Italy, he moved from Paris to Sanremo, Italy, acquiring Villa Nobel, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, where he died in 1896.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1891 to 1896period
Italyattested“In 1891, after being accused of high treason against France for selling Ballistite to Italy, he moved from Paris to Sanremo, Italy, acquiring Villa Nobel, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, where he died in 1896.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
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1841 to 1842period
Stockholmmentioned“For 18 months, from 1841 to 1842, Nobel attended the Jacobs Apologistic School in Stockholm, his only schooling; he never attended university.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1876year
Celjementioned“Nobel's longest-lasting romance was an 18-year relationship with Sofija Hess from Celje, whom he met in 1876 in Baden bei Wien, where she worked as an employee in a flower shop that catered to wealthy clientele.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1876year
Baden bei Wienmentioned“Nobel's longest-lasting romance was an 18-year relationship with Sofija Hess from Celje, whom he met in 1876 in Baden bei Wien, where she worked as an employee in a flower shop that catered to wealthy clientele.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
1884 to 1893period
Uppsala Universitymentioned“Nobel was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1884, the same institution that would later select laureates for two of the Nobel prizes, and he received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in 1893.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
27 November 1895exact date
Swedenmentioned“Nobel was Swedish." It was published on the first page of the Figaro on the 15th of April 1888 and retracted the next day.On 27 November 1895, at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Nobel signed his last will and set aside the bulk of h…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
27 November 1895exact date
Parismentioned“Nobel was Swedish." It was published on the first page of the Figaro on the 15th of April 1888 and retracted the next day.On 27 November 1895, at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Nobel signed his last will and set aside the bulk of h…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel
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