Henry James
1843 to 1916
21 documented presences
18 places
Quo Fuit places 21 dated presences for Henry James across 18 places, from 1843 to 1916. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Henry James ( –) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Henry James was documented, and when
15 April 1843exact date
New York (state)attested
“James was born at 21 Washington Place (near Washington Square) in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, on 15 April 1843.”
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15 April 1843exact date
Washington Square Parkattested
“James was born at 21 Washington Place (near Washington Square) in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, on 15 April 1843.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
15 April 1843exact date
New York Cityattested
“James was born at 21 Washington Place (near Washington Square) in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, on 15 April 1843.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1845year
New York (state)attested
“The family returned to New York in 1845, and Henry spent much of his childhood living between his paternal grandmother's home in Albany and a house on 58 West Fourteenth Street in Manhattan.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1845year
Manhattanattested
“The family returned to New York in 1845, and Henry spent much of his childhood living between his paternal grandmother's home in Albany and a house on 58 West Fourteenth Street in Manhattan.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1860year
Bonnattested
“He has considerable talent as a writer, but I am at a loss to know whether he will ever accomplish much." William recorded in a letter to their parents in Paris, while the boys were staying in Bonn, that Henry and Garth Wilkinson would w…”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1860year
Parisattested
“He has considerable talent as a writer, but I am at a loss to know whether he will ever accomplish much." William recorded in a letter to their parents in Paris, while the boys were staying in Bonn, that Henry and Garth Wilkinson would w…”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1860year
United Statesattested
“He has considerable talent as a writer, but I am at a loss to know whether he will ever accomplish much." William recorded in a letter to their parents in Paris, while the boys were staying in Bonn, that Henry and Garth Wilkinson would w…”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
July 1861month
Melville, Rhode Islandattested
“In July 1861, Henry and Thomas Sergeant Perry paid a visit to an encampment of wounded and invalid Union soldiers on the Rhode Island shore, at Portsmouth Grove; he took walks and had conversations with numerous soldiers and in later yea…”
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1864year
Bostonattested
“In 1864, the James family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to be near William, who had enrolled first in the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard and then in the medical school.”
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1864year
Lawrence Scientific Schoolattested
“In 1864, the James family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to be near William, who had enrolled first in the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard and then in the medical school.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1864year
Harvard Medical Schoolattested
“In 1864, the James family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to be near William, who had enrolled first in the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard and then in the medical school.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1865year
Ashburton Placeattested
“In 1865, Ernest Lawrence Godkin, the founder of The Nation, visited the James family at their Boston residence in Ashburton Place; the purpose of his visit was to solicit contributions from Henry Senior and Henry Junior for the inaugural…”
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1875year
Latin Quarter, Parisattested
“In the fall of 1875, he moved to the Latin Quarter of Paris.”
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January 1882month
1884year
1887year
1897 to 1900period
July 1911month
28 February 1916exact date
28 February 1916exact date
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Places Henry James is documented in
New York (state)2 presences · 1843 to 1845Paris2 presences · 1860 to 1884United States2 presences · 1860 to 1911America1 presence · 1882Bonn1 presence · 1860Boston1 presence · 1864Chelsea, London1 presence · 1916Golders Green Crematorium1 presence · 1916Italy1 presence · 1887Manhattan1 presence · 1845New York City1 presence · 1843
Ashburton Place1 presence · 1865
Other places tied to Henry James in the record
In each of these, a source puts Henry James and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Henry James 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.
1855 to 1860period
Londonmentioned
“Between 1855 and 1860, the James household travelled to London, Paris, Geneva, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bonn, and Newport, Rhode Island, according to the father's current interests and publishing ventures, retreating to the United States when f…”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1855 to 1860period
United Statesmentioned
“Between 1855 and 1860, the James household travelled to London, Paris, Geneva, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bonn, and Newport, Rhode Island, according to the father's current interests and publishing ventures, retreating to the United States when f…”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
July 1855month
Rue de la Paix, Parismentioned
“The James family arrived in Paris in July 1855 and took rooms at a hotel in the Rue de la Paix.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
July 1855month
Parismentioned
“The James family arrived in Paris in July 1855 and took rooms at a hotel in the Rue de la Paix.”
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1856 to 1857period
Louvrementioned
“Some time between 1856 and 1857, when William was fourteen and Henry thirteen, the two brothers visited the Louvre and the Luxembourg Palace.”
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1857year
Boulogne-sur-Mermentioned
“In the summer of 1857, the James family went to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they set up house at No.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1865year
Bostonmentioned
“In 1865, Louisa May Alcott visited Boston and dined with the James family; she later wrote in her journals that "Henry Jr....was very friendly.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1877year
Wenlock Abbeymentioned
“In 1877, he first visited Wenlock Abbey in Shropshire, home of his friend Charles Milnes Gaskell, whom he had met through Henry Adams.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1877year
Shropshirementioned
“In 1877, he first visited Wenlock Abbey in Shropshire, home of his friend Charles Milnes Gaskell, whom he had met through Henry Adams.”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
1899year
Romementioned
“James met the 27-year-old Andersen in Rome in 1899, when James was 56, and wrote letters to Andersen that are intensely emotional: "I hold you, dearest boy, in my innermost love, & count on your feeling me—in every throb of your soul".”
source: Wikipedia: Henry James
Documented at the same place, the same year
William JamesHarvard Medical School · 1864Élisée ReclusParis · 1860Princess Maria of Greece and DenmarkChelsea, London · 1916Robert Todd LincolnHarvard · 1864Alexander Graham BellLondon · 1865George VLondon · 1865James Barry (surgeon)London · 1865Rudolf Christoph EuckenUnited States · 1911Gertrude SteinUnited States · 1911Paramahansa YoganandaUnited States · 1911Jules MassenetParis · 1884Akseli Gallen-KallelaParis · 1884
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
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