George F. Kennan
1904 to 2005
8 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for George F. Kennan across 8 places, from 1943 to 2005. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat and historian.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where George F. Kennan was documented, and when
July 1943month
Lisbonattested
“In July 1943 Bert Fish, the American Ambassador in Lisbon, suddenly died, and Kennan became chargé d'affaires and the head of the American Embassy in Portugal.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
July 1943month
Portugalattested
“In July 1943 Bert Fish, the American Ambassador in Lisbon, suddenly died, and Kennan became chargé d'affaires and the head of the American Embassy in Portugal.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1950 to 1956period
Institute for Advanced Studyattested
“Having spent 18 months as a scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) between 1950 and 1952, Kennan joined the faculty of the institute's School of Historical Studies in 1956, and spent the rest of his life there.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1957year
Balliol Collegeattested
“In 1957, Kennan departed the United States to work as the George Eastman Professor at Balliol College at Oxford.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
December 1962month
Moscowattested
“In December 1962 when Tito visited Moscow to meet with Khrushchev, Kennan reported to Washington that Tito was a Russophile as he lived in Russia between 1915 and 1920, and still had sentimental memories of the Russian Revolution of 1917…”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1963year
Yugoslaviaattested
“After the end of his brief ambassadorial post in Yugoslavia during 1963, Kennan spent the rest of his life in academe, becoming a major realist critic of U.S.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1970year
Denmarkattested
“During a visit to Denmark in 1970, he came across a youth festival, which he described with disgust as "swarming with hippies—motorbikes, girl-friends, drugs, pornography, drunkenness, noise.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
17 March 2005exact date
Princeton, New Jerseyattested
“Kennan died on March 17, 2005, at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 101.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
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Places George F. Kennan is documented in
Denmark1 presence · 1970Institute for Advanced Study1 presence · 1950Lisbon1 presence · 1943Moscow1 presence · 1962Portugal1 presence · 1943Princeton, New Jersey1 presence · 2005Yugoslavia1 presence · 1963
Balliol College1 presence · 1957
Other places tied to George F. Kennan in the record
In each of these, a source puts George F. Kennan and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that George F. Kennan 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.
1918year
Russiamentioned
“* The Allied intervention in Russia in 1918–19.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1921year
Princeton Universitymentioned
“John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, and arrived at Princeton University in the second half of 1921.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1921year
Delafield, Wisconsinmentioned
“John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, and arrived at Princeton University in the second half of 1921.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1921year
Princeton, New Jerseymentioned
“John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, and arrived at Princeton University in the second half of 1921.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1931year
Riga, Latviamentioned
“In 1931, Kennan was stationed at the legation in Riga, Latvia, where, as third secretary, he worked on Soviet economic affairs.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
September 1938month
Praguementioned
“I hate the 'peepul'; I have become clearly un-American." By September 1938, Kennan had been reassigned to a job at the legation in Prague.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
September 1942month
Lisbonmentioned
“In September 1942 Kennan was assigned to the legation in Lisbon, Portugal, where he begrudgingly performed a job administering intelligence and base operations.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1943year
Moscowmentioned
“It is notable that Kennan shared his telegram with his friend and collaborator at the British Embassy in Moscow, Frank Kenyon Roberts, whom he had first met in Lisbon in 1943.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
January 1944month
Londonmentioned
“In January 1944, he was sent to London, where he served as counselor of the American delegation to the European Advisory Commission, which worked to prepare Allied policy in Europe.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1944 to 1946period
Moscowmentioned
“ambassador in Moscow when Kennan was deputy between 1944 and 1946, remarked that Kennan was "a man who understood Russia but not the United States".”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
1945 to 1949period
German Empirementioned
“Kennan defended the partition of Germany in 1945 as necessary, but went on to say: To resolve the "German question", Kennan advocated a version of his "program A" of 1949 calling for the complete withdraw of most of the British, French,…”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
March 1946month
Soviet Unionmentioned
“As his Embassy's chargé d'affaires, Roberts drew on some of Kennan's ideas in March 1946 when he presented his own, lengthy analyses of Soviet policies in which he encouraged the British government to take a firm stance towards the Sovie…”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
April 1946month
Moscowmentioned
“Kennan served as deputy head of the mission in Moscow until April 1946.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
March 1947month
Greecementioned
“In March 1947, Truman appeared before Congress to request funding for the Truman Doctrine to fight Communism in Greece.”
source: Wikipedia: George F. Kennan
June 1948month
June 1948month
1950year
June 1950month
June 1950month
December 1951month
September 1952month
11 October 1956exact date
11 October 1956exact date
May 1961month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Radovan KaradžićDenmark · 1970Baruch Samuel BlumbergBalliol College, Oxford · 1957Dino GrandiLisbon · 1943John RawlsPrinceton · 1950George Armitage MillerPrinceton · 1950Robert FrostSoviet Union · 1962Jiang QingSoviet Union · 1962Aleksandr DuginSoviet Union · 1962
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