Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Colin Chapman across 6 places, from 1928 to 1981.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Colin Chapman is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Colin Chapman was documented, and when
19 May 1928exact date
Richmond, Londonattested“Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was born on 19 May 1928 in Richmond, Surrey, and brought up at 44 Beech Drive, on the border of Muswell Hill in London N2.”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
19 May 1928exact date
Londonattested“Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was born on 19 May 1928 in Richmond, Surrey, and brought up at 44 Beech Drive, on the border of Muswell Hill in London N2.”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
1956year
Reims-Gueuxattested“Besides his engineering work, he also piloted a Vanwall F1-car in 1956 but crashed into his teammate Mike Hawthorn during practice for the French Grand Prix at Reims, ending his career as a race driver and focusing him on the technical s…”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
1978year
Northern Irelandattested“From 1978 until his death, Chapman was involved with the American tycoon John DeLorean, in his development of a stainless steel sports car to be built in a factory in Northern Ireland, which was majority-funded by the UK government.”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
1981year
Switzerlandattested“Lotus Group's 1981 accounts were overdue before Chapman's death, but, when released after his death, disclosed that Lotus had been paid for engineering work by DeLorean via a Switzerland-based Panamanian company run by a DeLorean distrib…”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
1981year
Panamaattested“Lotus Group's 1981 accounts were overdue before Chapman's death, but, when released after his death, disclosed that Lotus had been paid for engineering work by DeLorean via a Switzerland-based Panamanian company run by a DeLorean distrib…”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
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In each of these, a source puts Colin Chapman and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Colin Chapman was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1962year
Circuit Zandvoortmentioned“When American Formula One driver Dan Gurney first saw the Lotus 25 at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, he was so struck by the advanced design that he invited Chapman to the 1962 Indianapolis 500, where Gurney made his Indy début at th…”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
1963year
Indianapolismentioned“The Lotus 29 debuted at Indianapolis in 1963, with Jim Clark finishing second.”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
1965year
Indianapolis 500mentioned“It was Clark, driving a Lotus 38 at the Indianapolis 500 in 1965, who drove the first-ever mid-engined car to victory at the "Brickyard".”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
1965year
Indianapolismentioned“It was Clark, driving a Lotus 38 at the Indianapolis 500 in 1965, who drove the first-ever mid-engined car to victory at the "Brickyard".”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
19 October 1982exact date
Los Angelesmentioned“On 19 October 1982, John DeLorean was charged with trafficking cocaine by the US Government, following a videotaped sting operation at a hotel in Los Angeles, in which he was recorded by undercover FBI agents agreeing to bankroll a cocai…”source: Wikipedia: Colin Chapman
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How to read this page
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back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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