Hergé
1907 to 1983
10 documented presences
9 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Hergé across 9 places, from 1931 to 1973. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Hergé was documented, and when
September 1931month
Americaattested
“For the third adventure, Tintin in America, serialised from September 1931 to October 1932, Hergé finally got to deal with a scenario of his own choice, although he used the work to push an anti-capitalist, anti-consumerist agenda in kee…”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
May 1934month
Brusselsattested
“Hergé had been greatly influenced in the production of the work by his friend Zhang Chongren, a Catholic Chinese student studying at Brussels' Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, to whom he had been introduced in May 1934.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
May 1939month
Watermael-Boitsfortattested
“In May 1939, Hergé moved to a new house in Watermael-Boitsfort, although following the German invasion of Poland, he was conscripted into the Belgian army and temporarily stationed in Herenthout.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
May 1939month
Herenthoutattested
“In May 1939, Hergé moved to a new house in Watermael-Boitsfort, although following the German invasion of Poland, he was conscripted into the Belgian army and temporarily stationed in Herenthout.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
February 1960month
Brusselsattested
“In February 1960, he returned to Switzerland, and upon his return to Brussels, he began renting an apartment in Uccle, away from Germaine.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
February 1960month
Switzerlandattested
“In February 1960, he returned to Switzerland, and upon his return to Brussels, he began renting an apartment in Uccle, away from Germaine.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
February 1960month
Uccleattested
“In February 1960, he returned to Switzerland, and upon his return to Brussels, he began renting an apartment in Uccle, away from Germaine.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
June 1970month
Lake Genevaattested
“In June 1970, Hergé's father died, and after the funeral he holidayed near Lake Geneva.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
June 1970month
Lakeattested
“In June 1970, Hergé's father died, and after the funeral he holidayed near Lake Geneva.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
April 1973month
Taiwanattested
“In April 1973, Hergé took up an invitation to visit Taiwan by the nation's government, in recognition of his promotion of Chinese culture in The Blue Lotus.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
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Places Hergé is documented in
Brussels2 presences · 1934 to 1960America1 presence · 1931Switzerland1 presence · 1960Taiwan1 presence · 1973
Herenthout1 presence · 1939
Lake1 presence · 1970
Lake Geneva1 presence · 1970
Uccle1 presence · 1960
Watermael-Boitsfort1 presence · 1939
Other places tied to Hergé in the record
In each of these, a source puts Hergé and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Hergé 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.
22 May 1907exact date
Etterbeekmentioned
“Georges Prosper Remi was born on 22 May 1907 in his parental home in Etterbeek, a central suburb in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
22 May 1907exact date
Brusselsmentioned
“Georges Prosper Remi was born on 22 May 1907 in his parental home in Etterbeek, a central suburb in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
1919 to 1920period
Ixellesmentioned
“In 1919, his secondary education began at the secular Place de Londres in Ixelles, but in 1920 he was moved to Saint-Boniface School, an institution controlled by the archbishop where the teachers were Roman Catholic priests.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
1923year
Italymentioned
“With the Scouts, he travelled to summer camps in Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Spain, and in the summer of 1923 his troop hiked 200 miles across the Pyrenees.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
August 1926month
Schaerbeekmentioned
“Despising the boredom of this position, he enlisted for military service before he was called up, and in August 1926 was assigned to the Dailly barracks at Schaerbeek.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
August 1926month
Daillymentioned
“Despising the boredom of this position, he enlisted for military service before he was called up, and in August 1926 was assigned to the Dailly barracks at Schaerbeek.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
January 1930month
Brusselsmentioned
“In January 1930, Hergé introduced Quick & Flupke (Quick et Flupke), a new comic strip about two street kids from Brussels, in the pages of Le Petit Vingtième.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
20 July 1932exact date
Saint-Roch Churchmentioned
“On 20 July 1932, Hergé and Kieckens were married; although neither of them was entirely happy with the union, they had been encouraged to do so by Wallez, who insisted that all his single staff married and who personally carried out the…”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
20 July 1932exact date
Laekenmentioned
“On 20 July 1932, Hergé and Kieckens were married; although neither of them was entirely happy with the union, they had been encouraged to do so by Wallez, who insisted that all his single staff married and who personally carried out the…”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
August 1934month
Chinamentioned
“From August 1934 to October 1935, Le Petit Vingtième serialised Tintin's next adventure, The Blue Lotus, which was set in China and dealt with the recent Japanese invasion of Manchuria.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
1938 to 1939period
Austriamentioned
“Hergé followed this with King Ottokar's Sceptre (1938–1939), in which Tintin saves the fictional Eastern European country of Syldavia from being invaded by its expansionist neighbour, Borduria; the event was an anti-fascist satire of Naz…”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
April 1941month
Brusselsmentioned
“The first, Tintin in the Indies, appeared at Brussels' Theatre des Galeries in April 1941, while the second, Mr Boullock's Disappearance, was performed there in December.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
April 1941month
Indiesmentioned
“The first, Tintin in the Indies, appeared at Brussels' Theatre des Galeries in April 1941, while the second, Mr Boullock's Disappearance, was performed there in December.”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
February 1943month
Caribbeanmentioned
“The Secret of the Unicorn marked the first half of a story arc that was completed in Red Rackham's Treasure, serialised in Le Soir from February 1943; in this story, Tintin and Haddock search for the pirate's treasure in the Caribbean, w…”
source: Wikipedia: Hergé
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May 1959month
1965year
April 1972month
January 1977month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Albert II of BelgiumBrussels · 1960Otto LoewiWatermael-Boitsfort · 1939Audrey HepburnSwitzerland · 1960Pierre BoulezSwitzerland · 1960Henry Louis Le ChatelierBrussels · 1934Adrien de GerlacheBrussels · 1934Raoul WallenbergAmerica · 1931Fernand LégerAmerica · 1931Ernst MayrAmerica · 1931George Kelly (psychologist)America · 1931
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