Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Lord Alfred Douglas across 3 places, from 1897 to 1945.
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Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1897year
Italyattested“During the later part of 1897, Wilde and Douglas lived together in Italy, but they separated due to financial pressures and for other personal reasons.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
1898year
Parisattested“Wilde spent the rest of his life mainly in Paris; Douglas returned to Britain in late 1898.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
20 March 1945exact date
Lancing, West Sussexattested“Douglas died of congestive heart failure in Lancing, West Sussex, on 20 March 1945 at the age of 74.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
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1884 to 1889period
Wixenford Schoolmentioned“Douglas was educated at Wixenford School, Winchester College (1884–88) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1889–93), which he left without obtaining a degree.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
1891year
Tite Streetmentioned“In 1891, Lionel Johnson brought Douglas to the home of Oscar Wilde in Tite Street, Chelsea, for afternoon tea.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
1892year
University of Oxfordmentioned“At Oxford, he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp (1892–93), an activity that intensified the constant conflict between him and his father.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
1894year
Worthingmentioned“In 1894, Douglas came and visited Oscar Wilde in Worthing, to the consternation of the latter's wife Constance.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
25 May 1895exact date
HM Prison Pentonvillementioned“Wilde was convicted on 25 May 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour, first at Pentonville, then Wandsworth, then famously in Reading Gaol.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
25 May 1895exact date
Reading Gaolmentioned“Wilde was convicted on 25 May 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour, first at Pentonville, then Wandsworth, then famously in Reading Gaol.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
19 May 1897exact date
Rouenmentioned“After Wilde's release on 19 May 1897, the two reunited in August at Rouen but stayed together only a few months due to personal differences and various pressures on them.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
25 December 1920exact date
Battle of Jutlandmentioned“From 25 December 1920 it began publishing notorious articles alleging that a "powerful individual in the Admiralty" had alerted the Germans at the Battle of Jutland that the British had broken their code, and that Winston Churchill had f…”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
1931 to 1944period
Brightonmentioned“1931) *My Friendship with Oscar Wilde (1932; retitled American version of his memoir) *The True History of Shakespeare's Sonnets (1933) *Introduction to The Pantomime Man by Richard Middleton (1933) *Preface to Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris…”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
31 October 1935exact date
Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawleymentioned“He was buried on 23 March at the Franciscan Friary, Crawley, alongside his mother, who had died on 31 October 1935 at the age of 90.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
1936year
St Andrew's Hospitalmentioned“Harold Nicolson described his impression of Douglas after meeting him at a lunch party in 1936: Douglas's only child, Raymond, was diagnosed in 1927, at the age of 24, with schizoaffective disorder and entered St Andrew's Hospital, a men…”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
2 September 1943exact date
Royal Societymentioned“One of Douglas's final public appearances was a well-received lecture to the Royal Society of Literature on 2 September 1943 on The Principles of Poetry, published in an edition of 1,000 copies.”source: Wikipedia: Lord Alfred Douglas
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