Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Ernest Gellner across 5 places, from 1939 to 1984.
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Ernest André Gellner (9 December 1925 – 5 November 1995) was a French-born British-Czech philosopher and social anthropologist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ernest Gellner was documented, and when
1939year
Germanyattested“In 1939, when Gellner was 13, the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany persuaded his family to leave Czechoslovakia and move to St Albans, just north of London, where Gellner attended St Albans Boys Modern School, now Verulam School (Hertford…”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
1939year
St Albansattested“In 1939, when Gellner was 13, the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany persuaded his family to leave Czechoslovakia and move to St Albans, just north of London, where Gellner attended St Albans Boys Modern School, now Verulam School (Hertford…”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
1949year
London School of Economicsattested“He moved to the London School of Economics in 1949, joining the sociology department under Morris Ginsberg.”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
1949year
Londonattested“He moved to the London School of Economics in 1949, joining the sociology department under Morris Ginsberg.”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
1984year
Cambridgeattested“He moved to Cambridge in 1984 to head the Department of Anthropology, holding the William Wyse chair and becoming a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, which provided him with a relaxed atmosphere where he enjoyed drinking beer and play…”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
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1944year
Praguementioned“He interrupted his studies after one year to serve with the 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade, which took part in the Siege of Dunkirk (1944–45), and then returned to Prague to attend university there for half a term.”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
1945 to 1947period
Balliol Collegementioned“In reality, Gellner said, it meant exactly the opposite: He returned to Balliol College in 1945 to finish his degree, winning the John Locke prize and taking first class honours in 1947.”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
1993year
Praguementioned“In 1993, he returned to Prague, now rid of communism, and to the new Central European University, where he became head of the Center for the Study of Nationalism, a program funded by George Soros, the American billionaire philanthropist,…”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
5 November 1995exact date
Praguementioned“On 5 November 1995, after returning from a conference in Budapest, he had a heart attack and died at his flat in Prague, one month short of his 70th birthday.”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
5 November 1995exact date
Budapestmentioned“On 5 November 1995, after returning from a conference in Budapest, he had a heart attack and died at his flat in Prague, one month short of his 70th birthday.”source: Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner
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