Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Muriel Spark across 4 places, from 1968 to 2006.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Muriel Spark is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Muriel Spark was documented, and when
1968year
New York Cityattested“After living in New York City for some years, she moved to Rome, where she met artist and sculptor Penelope Jardine in 1968.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
1968year
Romeattested“After living in New York City for some years, she moved to Rome, where she met artist and sculptor Penelope Jardine in 1968.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
1968year
New Yorkattested“After living in New York City for some years, she moved to Rome, where she met artist and sculptor Penelope Jardine in 1968.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
2006year
Uliveto Termeattested“Spark died in 2006 and is buried in the cemetery of Sant'Andrea Apostolo in Oliveto.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
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1923year
James Gillespie's High Schoolmentioned“She was educated at James Gillespie's School for Girls (1923–35), where she received some education in the Presbyterian faith.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
1937year
Edinburghmentioned“In 1937 she became engaged to Sidney Oswald Spark, 13 years her senior, whom she had met in Edinburgh.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
3 September 1937exact date
Southern Rhodesiamentioned“In August of that year, she followed him to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and they were married on 3 September 1937 in Salisbury.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
3 September 1937exact date
Hararementioned“In August of that year, she followed him to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and they were married on 3 September 1937 in Salisbury.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
1944year
Londonmentioned“Spark returned to Britain in early 1944, taking residence at the Helena Club in London.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
1992year
National Library of Scotlandmentioned“Spark used her archive to write her autobiography, Curriculum Vitae, and after its publication in 1992 much of the material was deposited at National Library of Scotland.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
2005year
Civitella in Val di Chianamentioned“In the early 1970s, they settled in Tuscany, in the village of Oliveto, near to Civitella in Val di Chiana, of which in 2005 Spark was made an honorary citizen.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
2005year
Tuscanymentioned“In the early 1970s, they settled in Tuscany, in the village of Oliveto, near to Civitella in Val di Chiana, of which in 2005 Spark was made an honorary citizen.”source: Wikipedia: Muriel Spark
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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