Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Johan Vilhelm Snellman across 11 places, from 1813 to 1881.
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Johan Vilhelm Snellman (12 May 1806 – 4 July 1881) was a Finland-Swedish philosopher, journalist and statesman, and one of the leading figures of Fennoman nationalism in 19th-century Finland.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Johan Vilhelm Snellman was documented, and when
1813year
Ostrobothnia (administrative region)attested“In 1813, four years after Sweden had ceded Finland to Russia in the Finnish War, the family moved to the Ostrobothnian coastal town of Kokkola (then known in Swedish as Gamlakarleby), where Snellman's mother died the following year.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1813year
Russiaattested“In 1813, four years after Sweden had ceded Finland to Russia in the Finnish War, the family moved to the Ostrobothnian coastal town of Kokkola (then known in Swedish as Gamlakarleby), where Snellman's mother died the following year.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1822year
Royal Academy of Turkuattested“He attended school in Oulu and entered the Royal Academy of Turku in 1822, initially intending to study for the priesthood, alongside the slightly older J.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1822year
Ouluattested“He attended school in Oulu and entered the Royal Academy of Turku in 1822, initially intending to study for the priesthood, alongside the slightly older J.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1822year
Royal Academyattested“He attended school in Oulu and entered the Royal Academy of Turku in 1822, initially intending to study for the priesthood, alongside the slightly older J.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1828year
Helsinkiattested“He settled in Helsinki in 1828 when the university was moved there after the Great Fire of Turku.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1839 to 1842period
Swedenattested“As a consequence, Snellman left Finland in 1839 and spent the years 1839–1842 in Sweden and Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1839 to 1842period
Finlandattested“As a consequence, Snellman left Finland in 1839 and spent the years 1839–1842 in Sweden and Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1841year
Tübingenattested“He then spent nearly a year in Tübingen, where he wrote Versuch einer speculativen Entwicklung der Idee der Persöhnlichkeit (1841).”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1842year
Stockholmattested“Returning to Stockholm, he published his principal work of political philosophy, Läran om Staten (The Doctrine of the State), in 1842.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1848 to 1855period
Helsinkiattested“In 1848–49 Snellman was passed over for the professorship of philosophy at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki, and after the death of Emperor Nicholas I in 1855 the political climate eased.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
4 July 1881exact date
Kirkkonummiattested“Snellman died at his summer residence in Kirkkonummi on 4 July 1881, shortly after Alexander II's assassination.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
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1842year
Helsinkimentioned“By the time Snellman returned to Helsinki in 1842, the political situation did not allow the university to employ him.”source: Wikipedia: Johan Vilhelm Snellman
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