Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for J. L. Austin across 7 places, from 1921 to 1960.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Langshaw Austin (26 March 1911 – 8 February 1960) was an English philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, best known for developing the theory of speech acts.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place J. L. Austin is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where J. L. Austin was documented, and when
1921year
Scotlandattested“In 1921 the family moved to Scotland, where Austin's father became the secretary of St Leonards School, St Andrews.”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
1924 to 1929period
Balliol College, Oxfordattested“Austin was educated at Shrewsbury School in 1924, earning a scholarship in Classics, and went on to study classics at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1929.”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
1924 to 1929period
Shrewsbury Schoolattested“Austin was educated at Shrewsbury School in 1924, earning a scholarship in Classics, and went on to study classics at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1929.”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
1951 to 1955period
Oxfordattested“This work is based on a series of lectures that Austin delivered at Oxford University (1951–1954) and then at Harvard University (1955).”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
1951 to 1955period
Harvardattested“This work is based on a series of lectures that Austin delivered at Oxford University (1951–1954) and then at Harvard University (1955).”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
1951 to 1955period
Oxford Universityattested“This work is based on a series of lectures that Austin delivered at Oxford University (1951–1954) and then at Harvard University (1955).”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
8 February 1960exact date
University of California, Berkeleyattested“Before he could decide whether to accept an offer to move to Berkeley, Austin died on 8 February 1960 at the age of 48, shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer.”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
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1935year
Magdalen College, Oxfordmentioned“Austin won a prize fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, that year, but aside from being friends with Isaiah Berlin, he did not like its lack of structure, and undertook his first teaching position in 1935, as fellow and tutor at Magd…”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
1955year
Harvardmentioned“Austin visited Harvard and Berkeley in the mid-fifties, in 1955 delivering the William James Lectures at Harvard that would become How to Do Things with Words, and offering a seminar on excuses whose material would find its way into "A P…”source: Wikipedia: J. L. Austin
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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