Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Elizabeth Bishop across 6 places, from 1911 to 1979.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Elizabeth Bishop is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Elizabeth Bishop was documented, and when
8 February 1911exact date
Worcester, Massachusettsattested“Bishop was an only child, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to William Thomas and Gertrude May (Bulmer) Bishop on February 8, 1911.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1929year
Vassar Collegeattested“Bishop entered Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in the fall of 1929, planning to study music in order to become a composer.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1929year
Poughkeepsie, New Yorkattested“Bishop entered Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in the fall of 1929, planning to study music in order to become a composer.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1933year
Vassar Collegeattested“In 1933, she co-founded Con Spirito, a rebel literary magazine at Vassar, with writer Mary McCarthy, Margaret Miller, and the sisters Eunice and Eleanor Clark.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1949year
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)attested“From 1949 to 1950, she was the Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress, and lived at Bertha Looker's Boardinghouse, 1312 30th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in Georgetown.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1967year
United Statesattested“We had just come out of the same restaurant, and he kissed my hand politely when we were introduced." After Soares took her own life in 1967, Bishop spent more time in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1976year
Worcester, Massachusettsattested“But art just isn't worth that much." Bishop's "In the Waiting Room", written in 1976, addressed the chase for identity and individuality within a diverse society as a seven-year-old girl living in Worcester, Massachusetts, during World W…”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1979year
Harvard Universityattested“After the suicide of her long-term partner Lota (Maria Carlota) de Macedo Soares, Bishop arrived back in the United States, and eventually found a permanent position at Harvard University until she died in 1979.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1979year
United Statesattested“After the suicide of her long-term partner Lota (Maria Carlota) de Macedo Soares, Bishop arrived back in the United States, and eventually found a permanent position at Harvard University until she died in 1979.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
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1934year
Vassar Collegementioned“Bishop graduated from Vassar with a bachelor's degree in 1934.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1938year
Key Westmentioned“In 1938, the two of them purchased a house at 624 White Street in Key West, Florida.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1951year
Bryn Mawr Collegementioned“Upon receiving a substantial ($2,500) traveling fellowship from Bryn Mawr College in 1951, Bishop set off to circumnavigate South America.”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1977year
Lewis Wharfmentioned“Two years after publishing her last book, Geography III (1977), she died of a cerebral aneurysm in her apartment at Lewis Wharf, Boston, and is buried in Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts).”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1977year
Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)mentioned“Two years after publishing her last book, Geography III (1977), she died of a cerebral aneurysm in her apartment at Lewis Wharf, Boston, and is buried in Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts).”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
1977year
Hope Cemeterymentioned“Two years after publishing her last book, Geography III (1977), she died of a cerebral aneurysm in her apartment at Lewis Wharf, Boston, and is buried in Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts).”source: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Bishop
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