Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Eliel Saarinen across 3 places, from 1873 to 1923.
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Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect, designer, and urban planner.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Eliel Saarinen was documented, and when
20 August 1873exact date
Rantasalmiattested“Saarinen was born in Rantasalmi on 20 August 1873 to Lutheran clergyman Juho Saarinen and his wife, Selma, .”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
1923year
United Statesattested“Eliel Saarinen moved to the United States in 1923 after his competition entry for the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois, won second place.”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
1923year
Chicagoattested“Eliel Saarinen moved to the United States in 1923 after his competition entry for the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois, won second place.”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
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Parismentioned“His first major work with the firm, the Finnish pavilion at the Paris 1900 World Fair, exhibited an extraordinary convergence of stylistic influences: Finnish wooden architecture, the British Gothic Revival, and the Jugendstil.”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
1904year
Helsinki Central railway stationmentioned“Saarinen's early manner was later christened the Finnish National Romanticism and culminated in the Helsinki Central railway station (designed 1904, constructed 1910–14).”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
January 1911month
Budapestmentioned“In January 1911 he became a consultant in city planning for Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia and was invited to Budapest to advise in city development.”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
1924year
University of Michiganmentioned“In 1924 he became a visiting professor at the University of Michigan.”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
1925year
Bauhausmentioned“In 1925 George Gough Booth asked him to design the campus of Cranbrook Educational Community, intended to be an American equivalent to the Bauhaus.”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
1934year
Metropolitan Museum of Artmentioned“1934) was first exhibited in 1934–35 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
1951year
United Statesmentioned“In 1951–52, the tea urn was featured in the Eliel Saarinen Memorial Exhibition which traveled to multiple venues across the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Eliel Saarinen
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