Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Annie Besant across 7 places, from 1847 to 1933.
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Annie Besant (Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and activist, educationist, involved in women's rights, Home Rule, and Indian nationalism.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Annie Besant was documented, and when
1 October 1847exact date
Londonattested“Annie Wood was born on 1 October 1847 in London, the daughter of William Burton Persse Wood (1816–1852) and his wife Emily Roche Morris (died 1874).”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1866 to 1867period
Stockwellattested“Frank Besant was a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, ordained priest in 1866, but had no living: in 1866 he was teaching at Stockwell Grammar School as second master, and in 1867 he moved to teach at Cheltenham College as assistan…”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1866 to 1867period
Cheltenham Collegeattested“Frank Besant was a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, ordained priest in 1866, but had no living: in 1866 he was teaching at Stockwell Grammar School as second master, and in 1867 he moved to teach at Cheltenham College as assistan…”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1891year
World's Columbian Expositionattested“When Blavatsky died in 1891, Besant was left as one of the leading figures in theosophy and in 1893 she represented it at the Chicago World Fair.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1891year
Chicagoattested“When Blavatsky died in 1891, Besant was left as one of the leading figures in theosophy and in 1893 she represented it at the Chicago World Fair.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1909year
Adyar, Chennaiattested“In 1909, soon after Besant's assumption of the presidency, Leadbeater "discovered" fourteen-year-old Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), a South Indian boy who had been living, with his father and brother, on the grounds of the headquarters…”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
April 1911month
Banarasattested“In April 1911, Besant met Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and they decided to unite their forces and work for a common Hindu University at Banaras.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
20 September 1933exact date
Adyar, Chennaiattested“Besant died on 20 September 1933, at age 85, in Adyar, Madras Presidency, British India.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
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1867year
Pendleton, Lancashirementioned“In summer 1867, Wood and her mother stayed at Pendleton near Manchester with the radical solicitor William Prowting Roberts, who questioned Wood's political assumptions.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1867year
Manchestermentioned“In summer 1867, Wood and her mother stayed at Pendleton near Manchester with the radical solicitor William Prowting Roberts, who questioned Wood's political assumptions.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1872year
Lincolnshirementioned“In 1872, he became vicar of Sibsey in Lincolnshire, a benefice in the gift of the Lord Chancellor—who was Lord Hatherley, a Wood family connection, son of Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
Londonmentioned“Edward Aveling, a rising star in the National Secular Society, tutored Besant during 1879, and she went on to a degree course at London University.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1879 to 1882period
Birkbeck, University of Londonmentioned“Then, 1879 to 1882, she was a student of physical sciences at Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1881year
Londonmentioned“Women at that time were not able to take part in parliamentary politics but had been brought into the London local electorate in 1881.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1887year
Trafalgar Squarementioned“Unemployment was a central issue of the time, and in 1887 some of the London unemployed started to hold protests in Trafalgar Square.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1888year
Londonmentioned“Besant's involvement in the London matchgirls strike of 1888 came after a Fabian Society talk that year on female labour by Clementina Black.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1889year
Londonmentioned“Besant was further involved in the London dock strike of 1889.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1893year
Indiamentioned“In 1893, soon after becoming a member of the Theosophical Society, she went to India for the first time.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
1893year
Chicagomentioned“In 1893, she was a representative of The Theosophical Society at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
April 1894month
Londonmentioned“Besant met fellow theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater in London in April 1894.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
September 1894month
Australiamentioned“In September 1894, Besant arrived in Australia, where she lectured in Melbourne and Sydney.”source: Wikipedia: Annie Besant
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