Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for George Eliot across 3 places, from 1850 to 1859.
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Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where George Eliot was documented, and when
1850year
Londonattested“On her return to England the following year (1850), she moved to London with the intent of becoming a writer, and she began referring to herself as Marian Evans.”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
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Englandattested“On her return to England the following year (1850), she moved to London with the intent of becoming a writer, and she began referring to herself as Marian Evans.”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
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University of Victoriaattested“According to University of Victoria professor Lisa Surridge, Carlyle "stimulated Eliot's interest in German thought, encouraged her turn from Christian orthodoxy, and shaped her ideas on work, duty, sympathy, and the evolution of the sel…”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
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Ladies Collegementioned“In 1850–51, Evans attended classes in mathematics at the Ladies College in Bedford Square, later known as Bedford College, London.”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
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Bedford Squarementioned“In 1850–51, Evans attended classes in mathematics at the Ladies College in Bedford Square, later known as Bedford College, London.”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
1854year
Englandmentioned“Evans's translation had a similar effect in England, with the Earl of Shaftesbury calling her translation "the most pestilential book ever vomited out of the jaws of hell." Later she translated Feuerbach's The Essence of Christianity (18…”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
July 1854month
Weimarmentioned“In July 1854, Lewes and Evans travelled to Weimar and Berlin together for the purpose of research.”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
1856year
Germanymentioned“Before going to Germany, Evans continued her theological work with a translation of Feuerbach's The Essence of Christianity, and while abroad she wrote essays and worked on her translation of Baruch Spinoza's Ethics, which she completed…”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
21 March 1860exact date
Holly Lodgementioned“of my third book, written in the sixth year of our life together, at Holly Lodge, South Field, Wandsworth, and finished 21 March 1860." Silas Marner (1861) and Romola (1863) soon followed, and later Felix Holt, the Radical (1866) and her…”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
1868year
Irelandmentioned“In 1868, she supported philosopher Richard Congreve's protests against governmental policies in Ireland and had a positive view of the growing movement in support of Irish home rule.”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
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Witleymentioned“Her last novel was Daniel Deronda, published in 1876, after which she and Lewes moved to Witley, Surrey.”source: Wikipedia: George Eliot
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