Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Dashiell Hammett across 4 places, from 1898 to 1961.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Dashiell Hammett was documented, and when
1898 to 1920period
Baltimoreattested“Hammett's family moved to Baltimore when he was four years old in 1898, and for the most part, it was the city where he lived until he left permanently in 1920 when he was 26 years old.”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
7 July 1921exact date
Tacoma, Washingtonattested“He spent most of his time in the Army as a patient at Cushman Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, where he met a nurse, Josephine Dolan, whom he married on July 7, 1921, in San Francisco.”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
10 January 1961exact date
Manhattanattested“"Not all of that time was easy, and some of it very bad", she wrote, but, "guessing death was not too far away, I would try for something to have afterwards." Hammett died in Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on January 10, 1961, of lung…”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
10 January 1961exact date
Lenox Hill Hospitalattested“"Not all of that time was easy, and some of it very bad", she wrote, but, "guessing death was not too far away, I would try for something to have afterwards." Hammett died in Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on January 10, 1961, of lung…”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
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1918year
United Statesmentioned“Hammett enlisted in 1918 and served in the United States Army Ambulance Service.”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
7 July 1921exact date
San Franciscomentioned“He spent most of his time in the Army as a patient at Cushman Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, where he met a nurse, Josephine Dolan, whom he married on July 7, 1921, in San Francisco.”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
1942year
United Statesmentioned“In early 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hammett again enlisted in the United States Army.”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
5 June 1946exact date
New Yorkmentioned“He was elected president of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) on June 5, 1946, at a meeting held at the Hotel Diplomat in New York City, and "devoted the largest portion of his working time to CRC activities".”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
5 June 1946exact date
New York Citymentioned“He was elected president of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) on June 5, 1946, at a meeting held at the Hotel Diplomat in New York City, and "devoted the largest portion of his working time to CRC activities".”source: Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett
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