Ian Fleming
1908 to 1964
7 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Ian Fleming across 6 places, from 1933 to 1964. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer, best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Ian Fleming was documented, and when
April 1933month
Moscowattested
“In April 1933 Fleming spent time in Moscow, where he covered the Stalinist show trial of six engineers from the British company Metropolitan-Vickers, generally known as the Metro-Vickers Affair.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1940year
University of Oxfordattested
“I understand there is no difficulty in obtaining corpses at the Naval Hospital, but, of course, it would have to be a fresh one." In 1940 Fleming and Godfrey contacted Kenneth Mason, Professor of Geography at Oxford University, about the…”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1942year
Jamaicaattested
“In 1942 Fleming attended an Anglo-American intelligence summit in Jamaica and, despite the constant heavy rain during his visit, he decided to live on the island once the war was over.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1944year
Londonattested
“After her death during a World War II bombing raid in London in 1944, Fleming was overcome with guilt and remorse, and it is generally thought that she provided the inspiration for the women he was to create for his future novels.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
24 March 1952exact date
Jamaicaattested
“Rothermere divorced Charteris in 1951 because of her relationship with Fleming, and the couple married on 24 March 1952 in Jamaica, a few months before their son Caspar was born in August.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
12 August 1964exact date
Kent and Canterbury Hospitalattested
“Fleming died at age 56 at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in the early morning of 12 August 1964—his son Caspar's 12th birthday.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
12 August 1964exact date
Kentattested
“Fleming died at age 56 at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in the early morning of 12 August 1964—his son Caspar's 12th birthday.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
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Places Ian Fleming is documented in
Jamaica2 presences · 1942 to 1952Kent1 presence · 1964London1 presence · 1944Moscow1 presence · 1933University of Oxford1 presence · 1940
Kent and Canterbury Hospital1 presence · 1964
Other places tied to Ian Fleming in the record
In each of these, a source puts Ian Fleming and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Ian Fleming 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.
1914year
Dorsetmentioned
“In 1914 Fleming attended Durnford School, a preparatory school on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1921year
1927year
Kitzbühelmentioned
“In 1927, to prepare Fleming for possible entry into the Foreign Office, his mother sent him to the Tennerhof in Kitzbühel, Austria, a small private school run by the Adlerian disciple and former British spy Ernan Forbes Dennis and his no…”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
September 1931month
Londonmentioned
“While in Geneva, Fleming began a romance with Monique Panchaud de Bottens and the couple became engaged just before he returned to London in September 1931 to take the Foreign Office exam.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
September 1931month
Genevamentioned
“While in Geneva, Fleming began a romance with Monique Panchaud de Bottens and the couple became engaged just before he returned to London in September 1931 to take the Foreign Office exam.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
October 1940month
Normandymentioned
“Michael died of wounds in October 1940 after being captured at Normandy while serving with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1941 to 1942period
Spainmentioned
“Admiral Godfrey put Fleming in charge of Operation Goldeneye between 1941 and 1942; Goldeneye was a plan to maintain an intelligence framework in Spain in the event of a German takeover of the territory.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1941year
Caribbeanmentioned
“Fleming himself mentioned both his wartime Operation Goldeneye and Carson McCullers' 1941 novel Reflections in a Golden Eye, which described the use of British naval bases in the Caribbean by the American navy.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
May 1941month
United Statesmentioned
“In May 1941 Fleming accompanied Godfrey to the United States, where he assisted in writing a blueprint for the Office of the Coordinator of Information, the department that turned into the Office of Strategic Services and eventually beca…”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1944year
Dieppe Raidmentioned
“Before the 1944 Normandy landings, most of 30AU's operations were in the Mediterranean, although it is possible that it secretly participated in the Dieppe Raid in a failed pinch raid for an Enigma machine and related materials.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1944year
Mediterraneanmentioned
“Before the 1944 Normandy landings, most of 30AU's operations were in the Mediterranean, although it is possible that it secretly participated in the Dieppe Raid in a failed pinch raid for an Enigma machine and related materials.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
1945year
Saint Mary Parish, Jamaicamentioned
“His friend Ivar Bryce helped find a plot of land in Saint Mary Parish where, in 1945, Fleming had a house built, which he named Goldeneye.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
May 1945month
Kemsleymentioned
“Upon Fleming's demobilisation in May 1945, he became the foreign manager in the Kemsley newspaper group, which at the time owned The Sunday Times.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
October 1947month
Denmarkmentioned
“In October 1947, he was awarded the King Christian X's Liberty Medal for his contribution in assisting Danish officers escaping from Denmark to Britain during the occupation of Denmark.”
source: Wikipedia: Ian Fleming
February 1950month
February 1950month
15 January 1952exact date
November 1953month
March 1960month
March 1961month
January 1964month
1964year
11 August 1964exact date
11 August 1964exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Peter CushingUniversity of Oxford · 1940Bruno TautMoscow · 1933Erwin PiscatorMoscow · 1933Mykhailo HrushevskyMoscow · 1933Yevhen KonovaletsMoscow · 1933Pavel SudoplatovMoscow · 1933Niels BohrLondon · 1944François MitterrandLondon · 1944Wernher von BraunLondon · 1944George S. PattonLondon · 1944David Lloyd GeorgeLondon · 1944Harold PinterLondon · 1944
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Sources
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