Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Harold Wilson across 3 places, from 1916 to 1938.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (11 March 1916 –), was a British politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Harold Wilson is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Harold Wilson was documented, and when
11 March 1916exact date
West Riding of Yorkshireattested“James Harold Wilson was born on 11 March 1916 at Warneford Road, Cowlersley, in the western suburbs of the mill town of Huddersfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1934year
Jesus College, Oxfordattested“Wilson did well at school and, although he missed getting a scholarship, he obtained an exhibition; this, when topped up by a county grant, enabled him to study at Jesus College, Oxford, from 1934.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1938year
University College, Oxfordattested“He continued in academia, becoming a research assistant to William Beveridge in the late-1930s, he also found work lecturing part-time at University College from 1938.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
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1921year
Northern Irelandmentioned“Wilson's first premiership was marked by the emerging conflict in Northern Ireland: like all British governments since the partition of Ireland in 1921, Harold Wilson's Labour government preferred not to intervene in the affairs of North…”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
December 1930month
Spital, Merseysidementioned“His father, working as an industrial chemist, was made redundant in December 1930, and it took him nearly two years to find work; he moved to Spital, on the Wirral Peninsula, to do so.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1947year
UKmentioned“As President of the Board of Trade, he was the driving force behind the Statistics of Trade Act 1947, which is still the authority governing most economic statistics in Britain.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1949year
Switzerlandmentioned“In mid-1949, with Chancellor of the Exchequer Stafford Cripps having gone to Switzerland in an attempt to recover his health, Wilson was one of a group of three young ministers, all of them former economics dons and wartime civil servant…”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1962year
UKmentioned“The Labour Party in Opposition had been divided on the issue, with Hugh Gaitskell having come out in 1962 in opposition to Britain joining the European Economic Community.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1964 to 1968period
Vietnammentioned“American military involvement in Vietnam escalated continuously from 1964 to 1968 and President Lyndon B.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
January 1968month
Singaporementioned“Shortly afterwards, in January 1968, Wilson announced that the proposed timetable for this withdrawal was to be accelerated and that British forces were to be withdrawn from Singapore, Malaysia, and the Persian Gulf by the end of 1971.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1974year
Northern Irelandmentioned“The body, as established in the Northern Ireland Act 1974, was elected; the Act dissolved the Northern Ireland Assembly.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
4 March 1974exact date
10 Downing Streetmentioned“As Heath was unable to persuade the Liberals to form a coalition, Wilson returned to 10 Downing Street on 4 March 1974 as prime minister of a minority Labour Government.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1983year
Liverpoolmentioned“He stood instead for the new seat of Huyton near Liverpool, and was narrowly elected; he served there for 33 years until 1983.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1983year
House of Commons of the United Kingdommentioned“Following his departure from the House of Commons before the 1983 general election, after 38 years of service, he was granted a life peerage as Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, of Kirklees in the County of West Yorkshire, after Rievaulx Abbey,…”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
May 1984month
House of Lordsmentioned“Wilson was not especially active in the House of Lords, although he did initiate a debate on unemployment in May 1984.”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1991year
University of Oxfordmentioned“This arrangement was considered unsuitable by the government and instead, it was arranged in 1991 that anonymous donors would provide funds so that the Bodleian Library at Oxford could buy Wilson's papers in order to keep them in the Uni…”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
1991year
United Kingdommentioned“This arrangement was considered unsuitable by the government and instead, it was arranged in 1991 that anonymous donors would provide funds so that the Bodleian Library at Oxford could buy Wilson's papers in order to keep them in the Uni…”source: Wikipedia: Harold Wilson
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