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David Lodge (author)

1935 to 2025 5 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for David Lodge (author) across 4 places, from 1959 to 2025. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

David John Lodge (28 January 1935 – 1 January 2025) was an English novelist and critic.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where David Lodge (author) was documented, and when

1959 to 1960period
Londonattested “From 1959 to 1960, Lodge taught English in London for the British Council.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)
1967 to 1987period
University of Birminghamattested “From 1967 to 1987, Lodge continued his academic career at the University of Birmingham, becoming Professor of English Literature in 1976, while writing several more novels and essays.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)
1969year
University of California, Berkeleyattested “In 1969, he became an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)
1987year
Birminghamattested “Lodge retired from his post at Birmingham in 1987 to become a full-time writer: He retained the title of Honorary Professor of Modern English Literature and continued to live in Birmingham.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)
1 January 2025exact date
Birminghamattested “Lodge died in Birmingham on 1 January 2025, at the age of 89.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)

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Places David Lodge (author) is documented in

Birmingham2 presences · 1987 to 2025London1 presence · 1959University of Birmingham1 presence · 1967University of California, Berkeley1 presence · 1969

Other places tied to David Lodge (author) in the record

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1952year
University College Londonmentioned “In 1952, Lodge entered University College London, where he gained a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree in 1955.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)
1960year
University of Birminghammentioned “In 1960, he gained a job as a lecturer at the University of Birmingham, where he was preparing a PhD thesis on the Oxford Movement.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)
August 1964month
United Statesmentioned “Kennedy: In August 1964, Lodge and his family went to the United States, on a scholarship from the Harkness Commonwealth Fellowship.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)
March 1965month
San Franciscomentioned “In March 1965 the family went on a trip across the country, eventually moving to San Francisco.” source: Wikipedia: David Lodge (author)

Documented at the same place, the same year

Leszek KołakowskiUniversity of California, Berkeley · 1969Eileen ChangUniversity of California, Berkeley · 1969Dwight D. EisenhowerEngland · 1959Michael CaineEngland · 1959Mikis TheodorakisEngland · 1959Jon LordEngland · 1959John HurtEngland · 1959Sylvia PlathEngland · 1959T. S. EliotEngland · 1959Louis LeakeyEngland · 1959

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Sources

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