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Ferenc Molnár

1878 to 1952 5 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Ferenc Molnár across 4 places, from 1878 to 1952. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Ferenc Molnár (born Ferenc Neumann; January 12, 1878 to April 1, 1952), often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage director, dramatist, and poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ferenc Molnár was documented, and when

12 January 1878exact date
Budapestattested “Ferenc Molnár was born in Budapest on January 12, 1878, to Dr.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár
12 January 1940exact date
New York Cityattested “On January 12, 1940, Molnár relocated to America and spent his last 12 years living in Room 835 at New York's Plaza Hotel.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár
12 January 1940exact date
Americaattested “On January 12, 1940, Molnár relocated to America and spent his last 12 years living in Room 835 at New York's Plaza Hotel.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár
1 April 1952exact date
New York Cityattested “Molnár died of cancer, aged 74, at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on April 1, 1952.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár
1 April 1952exact date
Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)attested “Molnár died of cancer, aged 74, at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on April 1, 1952.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár

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Places Ferenc Molnár is documented in

New York City2 presences · 1940 to 1952America1 presence · 1940Budapest1 presence · 1878
Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)1 presence · 1952

Other places tied to Ferenc Molnár in the record

In each of these, a source puts Ferenc Molnár and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Ferenc Molnár was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1887year
Budapestmentioned “In 1887, Molnár entered the Lónyay Utcai Református Gimnázium, a secondary school (high school) located in Budapest, Hungary, where he was inspired to learn foreign languages and where his talent as a writer began to emerge.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár
1920year
Budapestmentioned “The play was initially a failure when presented in Budapest," but became his best-known play when produced on Broadway in 1920 and elsewhere outside Hungary.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár
1920year
Hungarymentioned “The play was initially a failure when presented in Budapest," but became his best-known play when produced on Broadway in 1920 and elsewhere outside Hungary.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár
1925 to 1938period
Theater in der Josefstadtmentioned “They were active both in Vienna, where Darvas acted as part of Max Reinhardt's theatrical troupe at the Theater in der Josefstadt from 1925 until the Anschluss in 1938, when they were forced to flee.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár
1925 to 1938period
Viennamentioned “They were active both in Vienna, where Darvas acted as part of Max Reinhardt's theatrical troupe at the Theater in der Josefstadt from 1925 until the Anschluss in 1938, when they were forced to flee.” source: Wikipedia: Ferenc Molnár

Documented at the same place, the same year

Barbara Bel GeddesNew York City · 1952Ursula K. Le GuinColumbia University · 1952Alain TouraineColumbia University · 1952Carroll BakerColumbia University · 1952John DeweyNew York City · 1952David RockefellerNew York City · 1952Lee Harvey OswaldNew York City · 1952Trygve LieNew York City · 1952Otto von HabsburgWashington, D.C. · 1940Emmerich KálmánWashington, D.C. · 1940Klaus MannWashington, D.C. · 1940Konstantin PätsWashington, D.C. · 1940

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