Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Fred Astaire across 4 places, from 1899 to 1930.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz, May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Fred Astaire is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Fred Astaire was documented, and when
10 May 1899exact date
Omaha, Nebraskaattested“Fred Astaire was born Frederick Austerlitz on May 10, 1899, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Johanna "Ann" (; 1878–1975) and Friedrich "Fritz" Emanuel Austerlitz (1868–1923), known in the U.S.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
1930year
Guildhall School of Musicattested“For example, Robert Benchley wrote in 1930, "I don't think that I will plunge the nation into war by stating that Fred is the greatest tap-dancer in the world." While in London, Fred studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music alongsi…”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
1930year
Royal Albert Hallattested“For example, Robert Benchley wrote in 1930, "I don't think that I will plunge the nation into war by stating that Fred is the greatest tap-dancer in the world." While in London, Fred studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music alongsi…”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
1930year
Londonattested“For example, Robert Benchley wrote in 1930, "I don't think that I will plunge the nation into war by stating that Fred is the greatest tap-dancer in the world." While in London, Fred studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music alongsi…”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
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In each of these, a source puts Fred Astaire and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Fred Astaire 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.
January 1905month
New York Citymentioned“When their father lost his job, the family moved to New York City in January 1905 to launch the show business careers of the children.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
January 1905month
New Yorkmentioned“When their father lost his job, the family moved to New York City in January 1905 to launch the show business careers of the children.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
November 1905month
Keyport, New Jerseymentioned“In November 1905, the comedic act debuted in Keyport, New Jersey at a "tryout theater." The local paper wrote that "the Astaires are the greatest child act in vaudeville." As a result of their father's salesmanship, Fred and Adele Astair…”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
1922 to 1924period
Londonmentioned“He and his sister Adele first performed songs of George and Ira Gershwin in For Goodness Sake (1922), which was adapted as Stop Flirting in London (1924) with the addition of "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" by the Gershwins and Buddy…”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
1975year
Londonmentioned“In the summer of 1975, he made three albums in London, Attitude Dancing, They Can't Take These Away from Me, and A Couple of Song and Dance Men, the last an album of duets with Bing Crosby.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Astaire
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
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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