Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for George Steiner across 11 places, from 1929 to 1994.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Francis George Steiner, FBA (April 23, 1929 – February 3, 2020) was a French and American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place George Steiner is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where George Steiner was documented, and when
23 April 1929exact date
Neuilly-sur-Seineattested“Francis George Steiner was born on April 23, 1929, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near the capital of France, Paris, to Viennese Jewish parents Else (née Franzos) and Frederick Georg Steiner.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1940year
New York Cityattested“In 1940, during World War II, Steiner's father was in New York City on an economic mission for the French government when the Germans were preparing to invade France, and he got permission for his family to travel to New York.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1940year
New Yorkattested“In 1940, during World War II, Steiner's father was in New York City on an economic mission for the French government when the Germans were preparing to invade France, and he got permission for his family to travel to New York.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1944year
Lycée Français de New Yorkattested“"My whole life has been about death, remembering and the Holocaust." Steiner became a "grateful wanderer", saying that "Trees have roots and I have legs; I owe my life to that." He spent the rest of his school years at the Lycée Français…”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1944year
Manhattanattested“"My whole life has been about death, remembering and the Holocaust." Steiner became a "grateful wanderer", saying that "Trees have roots and I have legs; I owe my life to that." He spent the rest of his school years at the Lycée Français…”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1948year
University of Chicagoattested“After high school, Steiner went to the University of Chicago, where he studied literature as well as mathematics and physics, and obtained a BA degree in 1948.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1956 to 1958period
Institute for Advanced Studyattested“From 1956 to 1958, Steiner was a scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1956 to 1958period
Princeton, New Jerseyattested“From 1956 to 1958, Steiner was a scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1956 to 1958period
Princetonattested“From 1956 to 1958, Steiner was a scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1974year
University of Genevaattested“After several years as a freelance writer and occasional lecturer, Steiner accepted the post of Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Geneva in 1974; he held this post for 20 years, teaching in four languages.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1994year
University of Genevaattested“He lived by Goethe's maxim that "no monoglot truly knows his own language." He became professor emeritus in the University of Geneva upon his retirement in 1994 and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, in 1995.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1994 to 2002period
Harvard Universityattested“He also held the positions of the first Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative European Literature and Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, from 1994 to 1995, and Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University from 2001 to 2002.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
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1950year
Harvard Universitymentioned“This was followed by an MA degree from Harvard University in 1950.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1958 to 1959period
Innsbruckmentioned“He also held a Fulbright professorship in Innsbruck, Austria, from 1958 to 1959.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1959year
Princetonmentioned“In 1959, he was appointed Gauss Lecturer at Princeton, where he lectured for another two years.”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
1997year
University of Chicagomentioned“Steiner believed that nationalism is too inherently violent to satisfy the moral prerogative of Judaism, having said "that because of what we are, there are things we can't do." Among Steiner's non-traditional views, in his autobiography…”source: Wikipedia: George Steiner
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