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Charles Scott Sherrington

1857 to 1952 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Charles Scott Sherrington across 4 places, from 1857 to 1895. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (27 November 1857 – 4 March 1952) was a British neurophysiologist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Charles Scott Sherrington was documented, and when

27 November 1857exact date
Islingtonattested “Official biographies claim Charles Scott Sherrington was born in Islington, London, England, on 27 November 1857, and that he was the son of James Norton Sherrington, a country doctor, and his wife, Anne Thurtell.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1860year
Anglesea Roadattested “However, it was with Caleb Rose that Anne and the three Sherrington boys moved to Anglesea Road, Ipswich in 1860 and the couple were married in 1880 after Caleb's first wife had died." Judith Swazey, in Reflexes and Motor Integration: Sh…” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1885year
Spainattested “Sherrington later said of Goltz that: "[h]e taught one that in all things only the best is good enough." A case of asiatic cholera had broken out in Spain in 1885.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1895year
Liverpoolattested “Sherrington's first job of full-professorship came with his appointment as Holt Professor of Physiology at Liverpool in 1895, succeeding Francis Gotch.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington

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Places Charles Scott Sherrington is documented in

Liverpool1 presence · 1895Spain1 presence · 1885
Anglesea Road1 presence · 1860
Islington1 presence · 1857

Other places tied to Charles Scott Sherrington in the record

In each of these, a source puts Charles Scott Sherrington and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Charles Scott Sherrington 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.

1871year
Ipswich Schoolmentioned “Sherrington entered Ipswich School in 1871.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1871year
Ipswichmentioned “Sherrington entered Ipswich School in 1871.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
June 1875month
Royal College of Surgeons of Englandmentioned “During June 1875, Sherrington passed his preliminary examination in general education at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS).” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
September 1876month
St Thomas' Hospitalmentioned “Sherrington elected to enroll at St Thomas' Hospital in September 1876 as a "perpetual pupil".” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
October 1879month
Cambridgementioned “In October 1879, Sherrington entered Cambridge as a non-collegiate student.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1881year
Londonmentioned “The 7th International Medical Congress was held in London in 1881.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1884 to 1885period
Englandmentioned “In the winter of 1884–1885, Sherrington left England for Strasbourg.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1886year
Italymentioned “In 1886, Sherrington went to Italy to again investigate a cholera outbreak.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1895year
Oxfordmentioned “As early as 1895, Sherrington had tried to gain employment at Oxford University.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1895year
Oxford Universitymentioned “As early as 1895, Sherrington had tried to gain employment at Oxford University.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
March 1916month
Oxfordmentioned “In March 1916, Sherrington fought for women to be admitted to the medical school at Oxford.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington
1936year
Oxfordmentioned “Charles Sherrington retired from Oxford in the year of 1936.” source: Wikipedia: Charles Scott Sherrington

Documented at the same place, the same year

Francisco TárregaMadrid · 1885Alfred SisleyLondon · 1857Princess Beatrice of the United KingdomLondon · 1857J. P. MorganLondon · 1857John RuskinLondon · 1857Heinrich BarthLondon · 1857Catherine EddowesLondon · 1857Edward FranklandLondon · 1857

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