Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for David Hume across 5 places, from 1751 to 1763.
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David Hume (born David Home; – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where David Hume was documented, and when
1751year
Edinburghattested“Hume returned to Edinburgh in 1751, and in the following year the Faculty of Advocates hired him to be their Librarian, a job in which he would receive little to no pay, but which nonetheless gave him "the command of a large library".”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
1754year
Glorious Revolutionattested“He makes an ironic remark that anyone who "is moved by faith to assent" to revealed testimony "is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to be…”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
1763 to 1765period
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Parisattested“From 1763 to 1765 Hume was invited to attend Lord Hertford in Paris, where he became secretary to the British embassy in France.”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
1763 to 1765period
Parisattested“From 1763 to 1765 Hume was invited to attend Lord Hertford in Paris, where he became secretary to the British embassy in France.”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
1763 to 1765period
Franceattested“From 1763 to 1765 Hume was invited to attend Lord Hertford in Paris, where he became secretary to the British embassy in France.”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
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Embassy of the United Kingdom, Paris1 presence · 1763
Glorious Revolution1 presence · 1754
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1734year
Englandmentioned“Hume changed his family name's spelling in 1734 because the surname 'Home' (pronounced 'Hume') was not well known in England.”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
1765year
Parismentioned“In 1765 Hume served as a chargé d'affaires in Paris, writing "despatches to the British Secretary of State".”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
January 1766month
Englandmentioned“to correct and qualify so much lusciousness." In January 1766 Hume left Paris to accompany Jean-Jacques Rousseau to England.”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
January 1766month
Parismentioned“to correct and qualify so much lusciousness." In January 1766 Hume left Paris to accompany Jean-Jacques Rousseau to England.”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
20 June 1766exact date
National Library of Scotlandmentioned“Waldmann observed that the previously unknown letter explicated a letter of 20 June 1766 among Hume's papers in the National Library of Scotland, until then miscatalogued as a letter from a man named "d'Ennesy", but in fact from the Gove…”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
3 November 1767exact date
Grenadamentioned“An indenture for a plantation purchased by Stewart, Nelson and Colebrooke in Grenada reveals that it held 42 slaves by 3 November 1767.”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
1769year
Hertfordmentioned“However, Waldmann has argued that "Hume sought to benefit" from slavery, a reference to Hertford's role as Hume's patron and his brother Henry Seymour Conway's role as Hume's employer; by 1769 the family had procured a substantial pensio…”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
1769 to 1776period
Edinburghmentioned“In 1769 he returned to James's Court in Edinburgh, but in 1771 moved into a grand new house on St Andrew Square, where he lived until his death in 1776.”source: Wikipedia: David Hume
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