Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Linus Torvalds across 6 places, from 1969 to 2004.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Linus Torvalds is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Linus Torvalds was documented, and when
28 December 1969exact date
Helsinkiattested“Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 28 December 1969, the son of journalists Anna and Nils Torvalds, the grandson of statistician Leo Törnqvist and of poet Ole Torvalds, and the great-grandson of journalist and soldier Toivo Karanko.”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
February 1997month
Californiaattested“After a visit to Transmeta in late 1996, Torvalds accepted a position at the company in California, where he worked from February 1997 to June 2003.”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
2004year
Silicon Valleyattested“In 2004, Torvalds moved with his family from Silicon Valley to Portland, Oregon.”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
2004year
Portland, Oregonattested“In 2004, Torvalds moved with his family from Silicon Valley to Portland, Oregon.”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
June 2004month
Dunthorpe, Oregonattested“In June 2004, Torvalds and his family moved to Dunthorpe, Oregon to be closer to the OSDL's headquarters in Beaverton.”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
June 2004month
Beaverton, Oregonattested“In June 2004, Torvalds and his family moved to Dunthorpe, Oregon to be closer to the OSDL's headquarters in Beaverton.”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
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1991year
Helsinkimentioned“Torvalds first encountered the GNU Project in the autumn of 1991 when another Swedish-speaking computer science student, Lars Wirzenius, took him to the Helsinki University of Technology to listen to free-software guru Richard Stallman's…”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
1991year
Helsinki University of Technologymentioned“Torvalds first encountered the GNU Project in the autumn of 1991 when another Swedish-speaking computer science student, Lars Wirzenius, took him to the Helsinki University of Technology to listen to free-software guru Richard Stallman's…”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
2010year
United Statesmentioned“In 2010, Torvalds became a United States citizen and registered to vote in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
2012year
Aalto Universitymentioned“In 2012, while giving a talk at Aalto University, Torvalds said "fuck you" and raised his middle finger after criticizing the company Nvidia, which specializes in GPU technology.”source: Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds
How to read this page
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back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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