Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for E. M. Forster across 7 places, from 1905 to 1970.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place E. M. Forster is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where E. M. Forster was documented, and when
1905year
German Empireattested“He then sought a post in Germany, to learn the language, and spent several months in the summer of 1905 in Nassenheide, Pomerania (now the Polish village of Rzędziny), as a tutor to the children of the writer Elizabeth von Arnim.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1905year
Nassenheideattested“He then sought a post in Germany, to learn the language, and spent several months in the summer of 1905 in Nassenheide, Pomerania (now the Polish village of Rzędziny), as a tutor to the children of the writer Elizabeth von Arnim.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1917year
Egyptattested“Whilst in Egypt Forster "lost his R [respectability]" to a wounded soldier in 1917 and had a short-lived but emotionally powerful affair with an Egyptian tram conductor, Mohammad el Adl.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1919 to 1922period
Englandattested“After returning to England in 1919, Forster visited el Adl in 1922 and found him deathly ill with tuberculosis.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1953 to 1967period
Englandattested“Beyond his literary explorations of sexuality, Forster also expressed his views publicly; in 1953, Forster openly advocated in The New Statesman and Nation for a change in the law in regard to homosexuality (which would be legalised in E…”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1960year
Bloomsburyattested“In 1960, Forster began a relationship with the Bulgarian émigré Mattei Radev, a picture framer and art collector who moved in Bloomsbury group circles.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
April 1961month
Cambridgeattested“After a fall in April 1961, he spent his final years in Cambridge at King's College, but in his final years, having suffered a series of strokes, May insisted that he move into the family home where she could look after him.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
7 June 1970exact date
Coventryattested“Forster died of a stroke on 7 June 1970 at the age of 91, at the Buckinghams' home in Coventry, Warwickshire.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
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1883 to 1893period
Rooks Nest Housementioned“In 1883, he and his mother moved to Rooks Nest, near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where they lived until 1893.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1883 to 1893period
Stevenagementioned“In 1883, he and his mother moved to Rooks Nest, near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where they lived until 1893.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1897 to 1901period
King's College, Cambridgementioned“At King's College, Cambridge, in 1897–1901, he became a member of the discussion group known as the Apostles (formally the Cambridge Conversazione Society).”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1903year
Greecementioned“In 1903, Forster travelled in Greece and Italy out of interest in their classical heritage.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1907year
Cambridgementioned“Next, Forster published The Longest Journey (1907), an inverted Bildungsroman following the lame Rickie Elliott from Cambridge to a career as a struggling writer and then a post as a schoolmaster, married to an unappealing Agnes Pembroke.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1914year
Egyptmentioned“In 1914, he visited Egypt, Germany and India with the classicist Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, by which time he had written all but one of his novels.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1924year
Indiamentioned“Forster's greatest success, A Passage to India (1924) takes as its subject the relations between East and West, seen through the lens of India in the later days of the British Raj.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1930 to 1961period
Chiswickmentioned“His London base was 26 Brunswick Square from 1930 to 1939, after which he rented 9 Arlington Park Mansions in Chiswick until at least 1961.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1932year
Buckinghammentioned“Forster was both the witness to Buckingham's marriage to May Hockey in 1932 and the godfather of their son, Robert Morgan, the following year.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
April 1947month
Americamentioned“In April 1947 he arrived in America for a three-month nationwide tour of public readings and sightseeing, returning to the East Coast in June.”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
1960 to 1985period
Indiamentioned“A Passage to India was adapted as a play in 1960, directed by Frank Hauser, and as a film in 1984, directed by David Lean, starring Alec Guinness, Judy Davis and Peggy Ashcroft, with the latter winning the 1985 Oscar for Best Supporting…”source: Wikipedia: E. M. Forster
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