Patrick White
1912 to 1990
10 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Patrick White across 8 places, from 1912 to 1983. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was an Australian novelist and playwright who explored themes of religious experience, personal identity and the conflict between visionary individuals and a materialistic, conformist society.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Patrick White was documented, and when
28 May 1912exact date
Knightsbridgeattested
“White was born in Knightsbridge, London, on 28 May 1912.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
April 1925month
Cheltenham Collegeattested
“In April 1925 his parents took White to England to enrol in Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
April 1925month
Englandattested
“In April 1925 his parents took White to England to enrol in Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
April 1925month
Cheltenhamattested
“In April 1925 his parents took White to England to enrol in Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1932year
King's College, Cambridgeattested
“From 1932 White lived in England, studying French and German literature at King's College, Cambridge.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1932year
Englandattested
“From 1932 White lived in England, studying French and German literature at King's College, Cambridge.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1936year
Londonattested
“He moved to London's Pimlico district where, in 1936, he met the Australian painter Roy de Maistre.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1963year
Centennial Park, New South Walesattested
“In 1963 White's mother died in London and his share of the estate allowed him to buy a house in Centennial Park, near the centre of Sydney, the following year.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1963year
Londonattested
“In 1963 White's mother died in London and his share of the estate allowed him to buy a house in Centennial Park, near the centre of Sydney, the following year.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
May 1983month
Adelaideattested
“The play premiered in Adelaide in May 1983 but attracted hostile reviews which White considered a deliberate media campaign to sabotage his work.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
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Places Patrick White is documented in
England2 presences · 1925 to 1932London2 presences · 1936 to 1963Adelaide1 presence · 1983
Centennial Park, New South Wales1 presence · 1963
Cheltenham1 presence · 1925
Cheltenham College1 presence · 1925
King's College, Cambridge1 presence · 1932
Knightsbridge1 presence · 1912
Other places tied to Patrick White in the record
In each of these, a source puts Patrick White and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Patrick White 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.
1916year
Elizabeth Bay, New South Walesmentioned
“In 1916 they moved to a large house, "Lulworth", in Elizabeth Bay.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1924year
Englandmentioned
“In 1924 the boarding school ran into financial trouble, and the headmaster suggested that White be sent to a public school in England.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1927 to 1929period
Cheltenhammentioned
“Jack's daughter Elizabeth Withycombe became a mentor to him while he was completing his first, privately published, volume of verse, Thirteen Poems, written between 1927 and 1929.' White also became friends with Ronald Waterall who was t…”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
December 1929month
Sydneymentioned
“In December 1929 White left Cheltenham and sailed to Sydney.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
December 1929month
Cheltenhammentioned
“In December 1929 White left Cheltenham and sailed to Sydney.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1935year
Sydneymentioned
“A collection was published as The Ploughman and Other Poems in an edition of 300 in Sydney in 1935 but received little critical attention and was later suppressed by White.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1935year
Englandmentioned
“On White's graduation in 1935 his mother wanted him to embark on a diplomatic career but he was determined to stay in England and become a writer.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1937year
Londonmentioned
“In 1937 his story "The Twitching Colonel" was published in the London Mercury.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1939year
Americamentioned
“Happy Valley was published in early 1939 to generally favourable reviews which encouraged White to go to America to find a publisher there.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1941year
Australiamentioned
“The Living and the Dead (1941) and The Aunt's Story (1948) attracted little critical attention in Australia, although the latter was favourably reviewed in the New York Times Review of Books.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
1941year
New Yorkmentioned
“The Living and the Dead (1941) and The Aunt's Story (1948) attracted little critical attention in Australia, although the latter was favourably reviewed in the New York Times Review of Books.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
April 1941month
RAF Bentley Priorymentioned
“He was stationed at Bentley Priory during the Blitz before being transferred to North Africa in April 1941.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
July 1941month
Alexandriamentioned
“While stationed near Alexandria in July 1941 he met Manoly Lascaris, who was waiting to be recruited to the Royal Greek Army.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
December 1947month
Australiamentioned
“White sailed back to Australia in December 1947.”
source: Wikipedia: Patrick White
February 1948month
1955year
1957year
1957year
1961year
1961year
December 1969month
December 1969month
1972year
March 1974month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Alan HodgkinUniversity of Cambridge · 1932Alan TuringMaida Vale · 1912Paul DiracUniversity of Cambridge · 1932George II of GreeceLondon · 1932Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharLondon · 1932Helen of Greece and DenmarkLondon · 1932Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of AustriaLondon · 1932Lev VygotskyLondon · 1925George GurdjieffLondon · 1925Oona O'NeillLondon · 1925Julian HuxleyLondon · 1925H. Rider HaggardLondon · 1925
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Sources
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