Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Ian McKellen across 3 places, from 1939 to 1958.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Ian McKellen is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Ian McKellen was documented, and when
25 May 1939exact date
Burnleyattested“McKellen was born on 25 May 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of Margery Lois (née Sutcliffe) and Denis Murray McKellen.”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
1951year
Boltonattested“They lived there until Ian was twelve years old, before relocating to Bolton in 1951 after his father had been promoted.”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
1958year
University of Cambridgeattested“In 1958, McKellen, at the age of 18, won a scholarship to the University of Cambridge where he studied English literature as an undergraduate student of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
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September 1939month
Wiganmentioned“At four months old, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, his family moved to Wigan.”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
1961year
Belgrade Theatrementioned“McKellen made his first professional appearance in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, as Roper in A Man for All Seasons, although an audio recording of the Marlowe Society's Cymbeline had gone on commercial sale as part of the Arg…”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
1964year
Boltonmentioned“McKellen and his first partner, Brian Taylor, a history teacher from Bolton, began their relationship in 1964.”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
1965year
Old Vicmentioned“In 1965, he was a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, which led to roles at the Chichester Festival.”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
1965year
Chichester Festivalmentioned“In 1965, he was a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, which led to roles at the Chichester Festival.”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
1973 to 1974period
United Kingdommentioned“From 1973 to 1974, McKellen toured the United Kingdom and Brooklyn Academy of Music portraying Lady Wishfort's Footman, Kruschov, and Edgar in the William Congreve comedy The Way of the World, Anton Chekhov's comedic three-act play The W…”source: Wikipedia: Ian McKellen
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