Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Edmund Hillary across 7 places, from 1919 to 2008.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Edmund Hillary is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Edmund Hillary was documented, and when
20 July 1919exact date
Aucklandattested“Hillary was born to Percival Augustus "Percy" (1885–1965) and Gertrude (née Clark) (1892–1965) Hillary in Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 July 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
31 March 1975exact date
Kathmanduattested“On 31 March 1975, while en route to join Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital, Louise and Belinda were killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport shortly after take-off.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1985year
Nepalattested“In 1985, Hillary was appointed New Zealand High Commissioner to India (concurrently High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal) and spent four and a half years based in New Delhi.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1985year
Bangladeshattested“In 1985, Hillary was appointed New Zealand High Commissioner to India (concurrently High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal) and spent four and a half years based in New Delhi.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1985year
New Delhiattested“In 1985, Hillary was appointed New Zealand High Commissioner to India (concurrently High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal) and spent four and a half years based in New Delhi.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
11 January 2008exact date
Aucklandattested“On 11 January 2008, he died of heart failure at Auckland City Hospital, at the age of 88.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
11 January 2008exact date
Auckland City Hospitalattested“On 11 January 2008, he died of heart failure at Auckland City Hospital, at the age of 88.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
11 January 2008exact date
Auckland Cityattested“On 11 January 2008, he died of heart failure at Auckland City Hospital, at the age of 88.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
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In each of these, a source puts Edmund Hillary and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Edmund Hillary was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1920year
Tuakaumentioned“His family moved to Tuakau, south of Auckland, in 1920, after Percy was allocated of land there as a returned soldier.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1925year
Anawhatamentioned“The Hillary family has had a connection with the west coast of Auckland since 1925, when Louise's father built a bach at Anawhata.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1925 to 1982period
Huia, New Zealandmentioned“Hillary's father-in-law, Jim Rose, who had built a bach at Anawhata in 1925, wrote in his 1982 history of Anawhata Beach, "My family look forward to the time when we will be able to walk from Huia to Muriwai on public walking tracks like…”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1925 to 1982period
Muriwaimentioned“Hillary's father-in-law, Jim Rose, who had built a bach at Anawhata in 1925, wrote in his 1982 history of Anawhata Beach, "My family look forward to the time when we will be able to walk from Huia to Muriwai on public walking tracks like…”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1935year
Tuakaumentioned“His mother wanted him to go to a "good school", and he commuted by train, cycling to Tuakau station before 7 am and returning after 6 pm for years (a one-hour, 40-minute journey each way) until the family moved to Remuera, Auckland, in 1…”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1935year
Remueramentioned“His mother wanted him to go to a "good school", and he commuted by train, cycling to Tuakau station before 7 am and returning after 6 pm for years (a one-hour, 40-minute journey each way) until the family moved to Remuera, Auckland, in 1…”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1935year
Mount Ruapehumentioned“He became interested in climbing when he was 16 following a 1935 school trip to Mount Ruapehu, after which he showed more interest in tramping than in studying and said he "wanted to see the world".”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1939year
Aoraki / Mount Cookmentioned“In 1939, he completed his first major climb, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier, near Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1939year
Southern Alpsmentioned“In 1939, he completed his first major climb, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier, near Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1943year
Pacificmentioned“In 1943, with the Japanese threat in the Pacific and the arrival of conscription, he joined the RNZAF as a navigator in No.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1945year
Fijimentioned“In 1945, he was sent to Fiji and to the Solomon Islands, where he was badly burnt in an accident.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1945year
Solomon Islandsmentioned“In 1945, he was sent to Fiji and to the Solomon Islands, where he was badly burnt in an accident.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1951 to 1953period
Everestmentioned“In 1951 he was part of a British reconnaissance expedition to Everest led by Eric Shipton, before joining the successful British attempt of 1953.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
1953year
Wellingtonmentioned“A bronze bust of Hillary (circa 1953) by Ophelia Gordon Bell is in the Te Papa museum in Wellington, New Zealand.”source: Wikipedia: Edmund Hillary
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How to read this page
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back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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