Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Louis Chevrolet across 3 places, from 1878 to 1941.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was a Swiss-born American racing driver, mechanic, and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Louis Chevrolet is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Louis Chevrolet was documented, and when
25 December 1878exact date
La Chaux-de-Fondsattested“Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a center of watchmaking in the French speaking northwestern Switzerland.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1899 to 1900period
Parisattested“He then moved to Paris, where he worked at various mechanics shops, between 1899 and 1900, before emigrating to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1900 to work as a mechanic.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
6 June 1941exact date
Detroitattested“Louis-Joseph Chevrolet died on June 6, 1941, in Detroit due to a heart attack.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
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Other places tied to Louis Chevrolet in the record
In each of these, a source puts Louis Chevrolet and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Louis Chevrolet was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1887year
Beaunementioned“In 1887, Chevrolet left Switzerland along with his father to settle in Beaune, France.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1887year
Switzerlandmentioned“In 1887, Chevrolet left Switzerland along with his father to settle in Beaune, France.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1889 to 1899period
Beaunementioned“Chevrolet worked at the Roblin mechanics shop in Beaune from around 1889 to 1899.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1899 to 1900period
Montrealmentioned“He then moved to Paris, where he worked at various mechanics shops, between 1899 and 1900, before emigrating to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1900 to work as a mechanic.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1905year
Morris Park Racecoursementioned“In 1905, Chevrolet won his first race, racing a Fiat at Morris Park, the first-ever national championship race sanctioned by the American Automobile Association (AAA) Contest Board, then known as the Racing Board.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1907year
Philadelphiamentioned“In 1907, he was hired by the Autocar Company in Philadelphia, probably for a secret project to develop a revolutionary front-wheel-drive racing car.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1909year
Giants Despair Hillclimbmentioned“He raced at the Giants Despair Hillclimb in 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1915year
Canadamentioned“Louis-Joseph Chevrolet had differences with William Durant over the car's design, and in 1915 sold Durant his share in the company and started McLaughlin's Company in Canada building Chevrolets.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1916 to 1954period
Newark, New Jerseymentioned“Also in 1916, American Motors Corporation (unrelated to the later American Motors created by the 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company) was formed in Newark, New Jersey, with Louis Chevrolet as vice pres…”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1918year
United Statesmentioned“in 1918, prior to the incorporation of the General Motors Corporation in the United States when General Motors Company of New Jersey dissolved.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1918year
Plainfield, New Jerseymentioned“By 1918 it was producing cars in a plant at Plainfield, New Jersey.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1919year
Indianapolis Motor Speedwaymentioned“Chevrolet drove in the Indianapolis 500 four times, with a best finish of seventh in 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
1919year
Indianapolis 500mentioned“Chevrolet drove in the Indianapolis 500 four times, with a best finish of seventh in 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Louis Chevrolet
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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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