Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Edgar de Wahl across 6 places, from 1867 to 1913.
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Edgar von Wahl (Interlingue:; born Edgar Alexis Robert von Wahl; 23 August 1867 – 9 March 1948) was a Baltic German mathematics and physics teacher who lived in Tallinn, Estonia.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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23 August 1867exact date
Tallinnattested“Edgar Alexis Robert von Wahl was born on 23 August 1867 to Oskar von Wahl and Lydia Amalie Marie (married 1866 in Tallinn), in what is now Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast, in Ukraine (then in the Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire).”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
23 August 1867exact date
Kherson Governorateattested“Edgar Alexis Robert von Wahl was born on 23 August 1867 to Oskar von Wahl and Lydia Amalie Marie (married 1866 in Tallinn), in what is now Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast, in Ukraine (then in the Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire).”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
23 August 1867exact date
Ukraineattested“Edgar Alexis Robert von Wahl was born on 23 August 1867 to Oskar von Wahl and Lydia Amalie Marie (married 1866 in Tallinn), in what is now Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast, in Ukraine (then in the Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire).”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1869 to 1870period
Kremenchukattested“By 1869, the Wahl family had moved to Kremenchuk, where Wahl's brother Arthur Johann Oskar was born in 1870.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1871 to 1873period
Tallinnattested“After that, the family moved to Tallinn, where Wahl's two sisters were born – Lydia Jenny Cornelia in 1871 and Harriet Marie Jenny in 1873.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1891year
Saint Petersburgattested“Wahl was also one of the founders of Espero, Russia's first Esperanto society founded in Saint Petersburg in 1891, and became a correspondent for the magazine La Esperantisto.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1894year
Tallinnattested“In 1894, Wahl moved to Tallinn, where he spent most of the rest of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1913year
Finlandattested“The marriage was dissolved in 1913, after which Johann, Guido and Lydia stayed with Edgar while Anatol stayed with his mother, who moved to Finland, and some time later Lydia Maria also went there.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
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1877year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“The family later moved to Saint Petersburg where the third sister Jenny Theophile was born in 1877.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1886year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“He began studying at the Gymnasium in Saint Petersburg, graduating in 1886.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1887year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“He first became interested in the recently created Volapük in 1887 being introduced to the language by his father's colleague, Waldemar Rosenberger, in Saint Petersburg.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1894year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“Edgar von Wahl married Maria von Hübbenet (the daughter of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna's personal physician), in Saint Petersburg in 1894.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1896year
Hanovermentioned“In 1896 and 1897 he published two articles in the Hanover-based magazine Linguist, in which he presented his ideas.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1913year
Tallinnmentioned“In 1913, he was elected to the Tallinn city council, and became a member of the council committee for the protection of monuments of ancient buildings.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1916year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“In 1916, Russian artificial language enthusiasts founded the Kosmoglot Association in Saint Petersburg.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1917 to 1921period
Tallinnmentioned“With the revolutionary events of 1917 and the departure of its members from Saint Petersburg, the association's activities faded away, ending entirely in 1921, but picking up again in Tallinn in the same year.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1917 to 1921period
Saint Petersburgmentioned“With the revolutionary events of 1917 and the departure of its members from Saint Petersburg, the association's activities faded away, ending entirely in 1921, but picking up again in Tallinn in the same year.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1918year
Tallinnmentioned“Guido spent a short vacation in Tallinn during the German occupation of Estonia during World War I, but at the end of 1918 he disappeared.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1919year
Tukumsmentioned“According to one source he died in a battle with the Bolshevik Red Army near Tukums, Latvia in 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1939year
Estoniamentioned“Unlike his relatives, Wahl did not leave to be in 1939, deciding to stay in Estonia.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1940 to 1941period
Estoniamentioned“He was certainly aware of the opportunity to leave, for when asked about his plans by one of his former students, he replied, leaving no doubt that his decision was stay in Estonia: In the first year of Soviet rule in Estonia (1940–1941)…”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
1941year
Germanymentioned“Wahl again avoided the to Germany that took place in the winter and early spring of 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl
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