Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Arthur de Gobineau across 6 places, from 1831 to 1877.
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Arthur de Gobineau, Count de Gobineau (Joseph Arthur de Gobineau; 14 July 1816 – 13 October 1882) was a French writer and diplomat who is best known for helping introduce scientific race theory and "racial demography", and for developing the theory of the Aryan master race and Nordicism.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1831year
Lorientattested“In 1831, de Gobineau's father took custody of his three children, and his son spent the rest of his adolescence in Lorient, in Brittany.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1831year
Brittanyattested“In 1831, de Gobineau's father took custody of his three children, and his son spent the rest of his adolescence in Lorient, in Brittany.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1861year
Tehranattested“Gobineau observed that in these remote coastal settlements, there were no policemen as there was no crime, going on to write: In 1861, Gobineau returned to Tehran as the French minister and lived a modest, ascetic lifestyle.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1870year
Franceattested“Later, Gobineau wrote a book Ce qui est arrivé à la France en 1870 ("What Happened to France in 1870") explaining the French defeat was due to racial degeneration, which no publisher chose to publish.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
January 1877month
Quai d'Orsayattested“For leaving his post in Stockholm without permission to join the Emperor Pedro II on his European visit, Gobineau was told in January 1877 to either resign from the Quai d'Orsay or be fired; he chose the former.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
January 1877month
Stockholmattested“For leaving his post in Stockholm without permission to join the Emperor Pedro II on his European visit, Gobineau was told in January 1877 to either resign from the Quai d'Orsay or be fired; he chose the former.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
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1848year
Germanymentioned“Writing in the spring of 1848 about the news from Germany he noted: "Things are going pretty badly ...”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
November 1849month
Bernmentioned“From November 1849 to January 1854 Gobineau was stationed at the French legation in Bern as the First Secretary.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1851year
Hanovermentioned“He was stationed in Hanover in the Autumn of 1851 as acting Chargé d'Affaires, and was impressed by the "traces of real nobility" he said he saw at the Hanoverian court.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
January 1854month
Free City of Frankfurtmentioned“In January 1854, Gobineau was sent as First Secretary to the French legation at the Free City of Frankfurt.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1855year
Parismentioned“In 1855, Gobineau left Paris to become the first secretary at the French legation in Tehran, Persia (modern Iran).”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1855year
Tehranmentioned“In 1855, Gobineau left Paris to become the first secretary at the French legation in Tehran, Persia (modern Iran).”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1858year
Persiamentioned“His time in Persia inspired two books: Mémoire sur l'état social de la Perse actuelle (1858) ("Memoire on the Social State of Today's Persia") and Trois ans en Asie (1859) ("Three Years in Asia").”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1859year
Newfoundland (island)mentioned“In 1859, an Anglo-French dispute over the French fishing rights on the French Shore of Newfoundland led to an Anglo-French commission being sent to Newfoundland to find a resolution to the dispute.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
26 July 1859exact date
Parismentioned“Gobineau hated Newfoundland, writing to a friend in Paris on 26 July 1859: "This is an awful country.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1861year
Newfoundland (island)mentioned“Gobineau was one of the two French commissioners dispatched to Newfoundland, an experience that he later recorded in his 1861 book Voyage à Terre-Neuve ("Voyage to Newfoundland").”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
Persiamentioned“In 1865 Gobineau published Les religions et les philosophies dans l'Asie centrale ("Religions and Philosophies in Central Asia"), an account of his travels in Persia and encounters with the various esoteric Islamic sects he discovered be…”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
1865year
Central Asiamentioned“In 1865 Gobineau published Les religions et les philosophies dans l'Asie centrale ("Religions and Philosophies in Central Asia"), an account of his travels in Persia and encounters with the various esoteric Islamic sects he discovered be…”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
19 July 1868exact date
Francementioned“L'affaire Flourens became a cause célèbre in France with novelist Victor Hugo condemning Gobineau in an opinion piece in Le Tribute on 19 July 1868 for the treacherous way he had treated a fellow Frenchman fighting for Greek freedom.”source: Wikipedia: Arthur de Gobineau
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