Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for John le Carré across 8 places, from 1931 to 2020.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 to 12 December 2020), known by his pen name John le Carré, was an English author.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where John le Carré was documented, and when
19 October 1931exact date
Pooleattested“David John Moore Cornwell was born on 19 October 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England, son of Ronald Thomas Archibald Cornwell (Ronnie Cornwell), and Olive Moore Cornwell (née Glassey).”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1948 to 1949period
University of Bernattested“He left Sherborne early to study foreign languages at the University of Bern from 1948 to 1949.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1948 to 1949period
Sherborneattested“He left Sherborne early to study foreign languages at the University of Bern from 1948 to 1949.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1952year
Lincoln College, Oxfordattested“In 1952, he returned to England to study at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he worked covertly for the Security Service, MI5, spying on far-left groups for information about possible Soviet agents.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1952year
Englandattested“In 1952, he returned to England to study at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he worked covertly for the Security Service, MI5, spying on far-left groups for information about possible Soviet agents.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1958year
Eton Collegeattested“He then taught French and German at Eton College for two years, before becoming an MI5 officer in 1958.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
2016year
Londonattested“He popularized the term 'mole'...and other language that has become intelligence vernacular on both sides of the Atlantic – 'honeytrap', 'scalphunter', 'lamplighter' to name a few." However, in his first tweet as MI6's chief, Richard Moo…”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
12 December 2020exact date
Royal Cornwall Hospitalattested“His neighbour and friend Philippe Sands recalled: Le Carré died at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, on 12 December 2020, aged 89.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
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1942year
Sherborne Schoolmentioned“As a schoolboy, Cornwell first met the latter when Green was the Chaplain and Assistant Master at Sherborne School (1942–51).”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1942year
Sherbornementioned“As a schoolboy, Cornwell first met the latter when Green was the Chaplain and Assistant Master at Sherborne School (1942–51).”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1954 to 1956period
Millfieldmentioned“When his father was declared bankrupt in 1954, Cornwell left Oxford to teach at Millfield Preparatory School; however, a year later, he returned to Oxford, and graduated in 1956 with a first-class degree in modern languages with a German…”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1954 to 1956period
Oxfordmentioned“When his father was declared bankrupt in 1954, Cornwell left Oxford to teach at Millfield Preparatory School; however, a year later, he returned to Oxford, and graduated in 1956 with a first-class degree in modern languages with a German…”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
1960year
Bonnmentioned“In 1960, Cornwell transferred to MI6, the foreign-intelligence service, and worked under the cover of Second Secretary at the British Embassy in Bonn.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
2010year
Bodleian Librarymentioned“In 2010, le Carré donated his literary archive to the Bodleian Library, Oxford.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
2017year
Spainmentioned“In 2017, le Carré expressed concerns over the future of liberal democracy, saying: "I think of all things that were happening across Europe in the 1930s, in Spain, in Japan, obviously in Germany.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
2017year
Japanmentioned“In 2017, le Carré expressed concerns over the future of liberal democracy, saying: "I think of all things that were happening across Europe in the 1930s, in Spain, in Japan, obviously in Germany.”source: Wikipedia: John le Carré
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