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Ann Radcliffe

1764 to 1823 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Ann Radcliffe across 4 places, from 1764 to 1823. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist and poet who pioneered the Gothic novel.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ann Radcliffe was documented, and when

9 July 1764exact date
Holbornattested “Radcliffe was born Ann Ward in Holborn, London on 9 July 1764.” source: Wikipedia: Ann Radcliffe
1772year
Bath, Somersetattested “In 1772, Radcliffe's father moved to Bath to manage a shop owned by Thomas Bentley and Josiah Wedgwood, makers of Wedgwood porcelain.” source: Wikipedia: Ann Radcliffe
1809year
Haddon Hallattested “For example, a travel narrative published by Elizabeth Isabella Spence in 1809 claimed that Radcliffe lived in Haddon Hall "under the most direful influence of ...” source: Wikipedia: Ann Radcliffe
7 February 1823exact date
St George's, Hanover Squareattested “She died on 7 February 1823 at the age of 58 and was buried in a vault in the Chapel of Ease at St George's, Hanover Square, London.” source: Wikipedia: Ann Radcliffe

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Places Ann Radcliffe is documented in

Bath, Somerset1 presence · 1772
Haddon Hall1 presence · 1809
Holborn1 presence · 1764
St George's, Hanover Square1 presence · 1823

Other places tied to Ann Radcliffe in the record

In each of these, a source puts Ann Radcliffe and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Ann Radcliffe was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1764year
Naplesmentioned “Italy, along with its Catholicism, had been featured in earlier Gothic literature; the preface to Horace Walpole's novel The Castle of Otranto (1764) claimed that the novel was "found in the library of an ancient catholic family in the n…” source: Wikipedia: Ann Radcliffe
1794year
Hollandmentioned “In 1794, the Radcliffes made their only trip abroad, visiting Holland and Germany.” source: Wikipedia: Ann Radcliffe
1798year
Leicestermentioned “Her father died in 1798, leaving her some property near Leicester.” source: Wikipedia: Ann Radcliffe
1823year
Ramsgatementioned “In early 1823, Radcliffe went to Ramsgate, where she caught a fatal chest infection.” source: Wikipedia: Ann Radcliffe

Documented at the same place, the same year

Jan IngenhouszHolborn · 1764John RuskinSouth London · 1823Isambard Kingdom BrunelSouth London · 1823

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Sources

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