Arthur Koestler
1905 to 1983
12 documented presences
11 places
Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Arthur Koestler across 11 places, from 1922 to 1971. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Arthur Koestler (; 5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Arthur Koestler was documented, and when
September 1922month
University of Viennaattested
“In September 1922, Koestler enrolled in the University of Vienna to study engineering, and joined the Zionist duelling student fraternity Unitas.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
March 1926month
Austriaattested
“In March 1926, he wrote a letter to his parents telling them he was going to Mandate Palestine for a year to work as an assistant engineer in a factory to gain experience and help him obtain a job in Austria.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1936year
Londonattested
“In 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, Koestler undertook a visit to General Francisco Franco's headquarters in Seville on behalf of the Comintern, pretending to be a Franco sympathiser and using credentials from the London daily News Ch…”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1936year
Sevilleattested
“In 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, Koestler undertook a visit to General Francisco Franco's headquarters in Seville on behalf of the Comintern, pretending to be a Franco sympathiser and using credentials from the London daily News Ch…”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1938year
Parisattested
“Also in 1938, he became editor of Die Zukunft (The Future), a German-language weekly published in Paris.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1943year
Londonattested
“Daphne Hardy, who had been doing war work in Oxford, joined Koestler in London in 1943, but they parted company a few months later.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1943year
Oxfordattested
“Daphne Hardy, who had been doing war work in Oxford, joined Koestler in London in 1943, but they parted company a few months later.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
January 1949month
Franceattested
“In January 1949, Koestler and Paget moved to a house he had bought in France.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
January 1949month
United States House of Representativesattested
“In January 1949, Koestler and Paget moved to a house he had bought in France.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1965year
New Yorkattested
“In 1965, he married Cynthia in New York, and they moved to California, where he participated in a series of seminars at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1965year
Californiaattested
“In 1965, he married Cynthia in New York, and they moved to California, where he participated in a series of seminars at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1971year
Denstonattested
“He cut back on overseas trips and spent the summer months at a farmhouse in Denston, Suffolk, which he had bought in 1971.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
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Places Arthur Koestler is documented in
London2 presences · 1936 to 1943Austria1 presence · 1926California1 presence · 1965France1 presence · 1949New York1 presence · 1965Oxford1 presence · 1943Paris1 presence · 1938Seville1 presence · 1936University of Vienna1 presence · 1922
Denston1 presence · 1971
United States House of Representatives1 presence · 1949
Other places tied to Arthur Koestler in the record
In each of these, a source puts Arthur Koestler and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Arthur Koestler 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.
1920year
Viennamentioned
“In 1920, the family returned to Vienna, where Henrik set up a successful new import business.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1 April 1926exact date
1927year
Mandatory Palestinementioned
“In early 1927, he left Palestine briefly for Berlin, where he ran the secretariat of Ze'ev Jabotinsky's revisionist Zionist party Hatzohar.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
June 1929month
Mandatory Palestinementioned
“In June 1929, while on leave in Berlin, Koestler successfully lobbied at Ullstein for a transfer away from Palestine.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
June 1929month
Berlinmentioned
“In June 1929, while on leave in Berlin, Koestler successfully lobbied at Ullstein for a transfer away from Palestine.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
September 1929month
Parismentioned
“In September 1929, he was sent to Paris to fill a vacancy in the bureau of the Ullstein News Service.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1931year
Berlinmentioned
“In 1931, he was called to Berlin and appointed science editor of the Vossische Zeitung and science adviser to the Ullstein newspaper empire.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1932year
Turkmenistanmentioned
“In 1932, Koestler travelled in Turkmenistan and Central Asia, where he met and traveled with Langston Hughes.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1932 to 1933period
Soviet Unionmentioned
“During his years in the Soviet Union (1932–1933), although he arrived with a vocabulary of only 1,000 words of Russian, and no grammar, he picked up enough colloquial Russian to speak the language.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1933year
Parismentioned
“Koestler left the Soviet Union in 1933, and in September of that year, he returned to Paris and, for the next two years, was active in anti-fascist movements.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1933year
Soviet Unionmentioned
“Koestler left the Soviet Union in 1933, and in September of that year, he returned to Paris and, for the next two years, was active in anti-fascist movements.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1937year
Málagamentioned
“In 1937, Koestler returned to Spain on the side of the Republicans as a war correspondent for the News Chronicle and was in Málaga when it fell to Benito Mussolini's troops, who were fighting on the side of the Nationalists.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1937year
Spainmentioned
“In 1937, Koestler returned to Spain on the side of the Republicans as a war correspondent for the News Chronicle and was in Málaga when it fell to Benito Mussolini's troops, who were fighting on the side of the Nationalists.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1940year
Parismentioned
“They lived together in Paris, and she translated the manuscript of Darkness at Noon from German into English in early 1940.”
source: Wikipedia: Arthur Koestler
1941year
December 1944month
August 1945month
August 1945month
1948year
1949year
1950year
15 April 1950exact date
June 1950month
January 1951month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Franz WerfelParis · 1938Jackson PollockFrance · 1949Konrad LorenzVienna · 1922Roman JakobsonVienna · 1922Peter BehrensVienna · 1922Karl BühlerVienna · 1922Clemens KraussVienna · 1922Arthur TansleyVienna · 1922Clark GableEngland · 1943Wilhelmina of the NetherlandsEngland · 1943Frederick SangerEngland · 1943Vannevar BushEngland · 1943
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Sources
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