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Margaret Atwood

1939 to 2019 14 documented presences 14 places

Quo Fuit places 14 dated presences for Margaret Atwood across 14 places, from 1939 to 2004. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Margaret Atwood was documented, and when

18 November 1939exact date
Ottawa, Ontarioattested “Atwood was born on November 18, 1939, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood, an entomologist, and Margaret Dorothy (née Killam), a former dietitian and nutritionist from Woodville, Nova Scotia.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
18 November 1939exact date
Woodville, Nova Scotiaattested “Atwood was born on November 18, 1939, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood, an entomologist, and Margaret Dorothy (née Killam), a former dietitian and nutritionist from Woodville, Nova Scotia.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1961year
Radcliffe Collegeattested “In 1961, Atwood began graduate studies at Radcliffe College of Harvard University, with a Woodrow Wilson fellowship.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1964 to 1970period
Sir George Williams Universityattested “While continuing to write, Atwood was a lecturer in English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, from 1964 to 1965, Instructor in English at the Sir George Williams University in Montreal from 1967 to 1968, and taught at the…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1964 to 1970period
Montrealattested “While continuing to write, Atwood was a lecturer in English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, from 1964 to 1965, Instructor in English at the Sir George Williams University in Montreal from 1967 to 1968, and taught at the…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1964 to 1970period
University of Albertaattested “While continuing to write, Atwood was a lecturer in English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, from 1964 to 1965, Instructor in English at the Sir George Williams University in Montreal from 1967 to 1968, and taught at the…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1964 to 1970period
Edmontonattested “While continuing to write, Atwood was a lecturer in English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, from 1964 to 1965, Instructor in English at the Sir George Williams University in Montreal from 1967 to 1968, and taught at the…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1971 to 1973period
University of Torontoattested “Atwood taught at York University in Toronto from 1971 to 1972 and was a writer in residence at the University of Toronto during the 1972/1973 academic year.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1971 to 1973period
Torontoattested “Atwood taught at York University in Toronto from 1971 to 1972 and was a writer in residence at the University of Toronto during the 1972/1973 academic year.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1971 to 1973period
York Universityattested “Atwood taught at York University in Toronto from 1971 to 1972 and was a writer in residence at the University of Toronto during the 1972/1973 academic year.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1976year
Alliston, Ontarioattested “She formed a relationship with fellow novelist Graeme Gibson soon afterward and moved to a farm near Alliston, Ontario, where their daughter, Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in 1976.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1985 to 1989period
University of Alabamaattested “During the 1980s, Atwood continued to teach, serving as the MFA Honorary Chair at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, 1985; the Berg Professor of English, New York University, 1986; Writer-in-Residence, Macquarie University, Austral…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1985 to 1989period
Tuscaloosa, Alabamaattested “During the 1980s, Atwood continued to teach, serving as the MFA Honorary Chair at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, 1985; the Berg Professor of English, New York University, 1986; Writer-in-Residence, Macquarie University, Austral…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
2004year
Denverattested “She slept for 100 years." In early 2004, while on the paperback tour in Denver for her novel Oryx and Crake, Atwood conceived the concept of a remote robotic writing technology, what would later be known as the LongPen, that would enable…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood

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Places Margaret Atwood is documented in

Denver1 presence · 2004Montreal1 presence · 1964Toronto1 presence · 1971University of Toronto1 presence · 1971
Alliston, Ontario1 presence · 1976
Edmonton1 presence · 1964
Ottawa, Ontario1 presence · 1939
Radcliffe College1 presence · 1961
Sir George Williams University1 presence · 1964
Tuscaloosa, Alabama1 presence · 1985
University of Alabama1 presence · 1985
University of Alberta1 presence · 1964

Other places tied to Margaret Atwood in the record

In each of these, a source puts Margaret Atwood and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Margaret Atwood was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1957year
Leasidementioned “She attended Leaside High School in Leaside, Toronto, and graduated in 1957.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1957year
University of Torontomentioned “In 1957, she began studying at Victoria College in the University of Toronto, where she published poems and articles in Acta Victoriana, the college literary journal, and participated in the sophomore theatrical tradition of The Bob Revue.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1957year
Victoria University in the University of Torontomentioned “In 1957, she began studying at Victoria College in the University of Toronto, where she published poems and articles in Acta Victoriana, the college literary journal, and participated in the sophomore theatrical tradition of The Bob Revue.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1980year
Torontomentioned “The family returned to Toronto in 1980.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1985year
Bostonmentioned “Atwood commented that "we don't do cultural boycotts." In her dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (1985), all the developments take place near Boston in the United States, now known as Gilead, while Canada is portrayed as the only hope f…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
1985year
United Statesmentioned “Atwood commented that "we don't do cultural boycotts." In her dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (1985), all the developments take place near Boston in the United States, now known as Gilead, while Canada is portrayed as the only hope f…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
2001year
Canada's Walk of Famementioned “In 2001, Atwood was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
2001year
Canadamentioned “In 2001, Atwood was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
2008year
Quebecmentioned “In the 2008 federal election, she attended a rally for the Bloc Québécois, a Quebec pro-independence party, because of her support for their position on the arts; she said she would vote for the party if she lived in Quebec, and that the…” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
May 2010month
Israelmentioned “Despite calls for a boycott by Gazan students, Atwood visited Israel and accepted the $1,000,000 Dan David Prize along with Indian author Amitav Ghosh at Tel Aviv University in May 2010.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
May 2010month
Tel Aviv Universitymentioned “Despite calls for a boycott by Gazan students, Atwood visited Israel and accepted the $1,000,000 Dan David Prize along with Indian author Amitav Ghosh at Tel Aviv University in May 2010.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
23 May 2014exact date
Vancouvermentioned “Pauline, composed by Tobin Stokes with libretto by Atwood, premiered on May 23, 2014, at Vancouver's York Theatre.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood
2018year
Russiamentioned “In 2018, Atwood signed an appeal of the American PEN Center in defense of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, a political prisoner in Russia.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Atwood

Documented at the same place, the same year

George VICanada · 1939Neil YoungUniversity of Toronto · 1971Simon KuznetsRadcliffe College · 1961Ted KennedyRadcliffe College · 1961

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Sources

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