Paul Allen
1953 to 2018
7 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Paul Allen across 6 places, from 1953 to 2017. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American businessman, computer programmer, and investor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Paul Allen was documented, and when
21 January 1953exact date
Seattleattested
“Allen was born on January 21, 1953, in Seattle, Washington, to Kenneth Sam Allen (a librarian) and Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen (a fourth-grade teacher).”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
1997year
Southern Californiaattested
“Allen purchased the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks in 1997 from owner Ken Behring, who had attempted to move the team to southern California the previous year.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2002year
Seahawks Stadiumattested
“Herman Sarkowsky, a former Seahawks minority owner, told The Seattle Times about Allen's decision to buy the team, "I'm not sure anybody else in this community would have done what [Allen] did." In 2002, the team moved into Seahawks Stad…”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2013year
Sotheby'sattested
“In 2013, Allen sold Barnett Newman's Onement VI (1953) at Sotheby's in New York for $43.8 million, then the record for a work by the abstract artist.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2013year
New Yorkattested
“In 2013, Allen sold Barnett Newman's Onement VI (1953) at Sotheby's in New York for $43.8 million, then the record for a work by the abstract artist.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
22 October 2014exact date
Seattleattested
“* On October 22, 2014, Allen received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Seattle Business magazine for his impact in and around the greater Puget Sound region.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2017year
Battle of Surigao Straitattested
“In 2017, at Allen's direction, Petrel found the wrecks of and and multiple wrecks from the Battle of Surigao Strait and the Battle of Ormoc Bay.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
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Places Paul Allen is documented in
Seattle2 presences · 1953 to 2014New York1 presence · 2013Southern California1 presence · 1997
Battle of Surigao Strait1 presence · 2017
Seahawks Stadium1 presence · 2002
Sotheby's1 presence · 2013
Other places tied to Paul Allen in the record
In each of these, a source puts Paul Allen and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Paul Allen 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.
1965 to 1971period
Seattlementioned
“From 1965 to 1971 he attended Lakeside School, a private school in Seattle where he befriended Bill Gates, with whom he shared an enthusiasm for computers.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
1975year
Albuquerque, New Mexicomentioned
“Allen and Gates formed Microsoft in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and began marketing a BASIC programming language interpreter, with their first employee being high school friend and collaborator Ric Weiland.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
1980year
Seattlementioned
“Microsoft committed to delivering a disk operating system (DOS) to IBM for the original IBM PC in 1980, although they had not yet developed one, and Allen spearheaded a deal for Microsoft to purchase QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating Syste…”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
1982year
Microsoftmentioned
“Allen effectively left Microsoft in 1982 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, though he remained on the board of directors as vice chairman.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
1988year
Californiamentioned
“Allen purchased the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team in 1988 from California real estate developer Larry Weinberg for $70 million.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2004year
Londonmentioned
“* Hospital Club: Allen opened the Hospital Club in London in 2004 as a professional and social hub for people working in the creative arts.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
4 October 2004exact date
National Air and Space Museummentioned
“File:SpaceShipOne.jpg|SpaceShipOne at the National Air and Space Museum Allen confirmed that he was the sole investor behind aerospace engineer and entrepreneur Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne suborbital commercial spacecraft on October 4, 2004.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2009year
CenturyLink Fieldmentioned
“Allen's Vulcan Sports & Entertainment is part of the ownership team of Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise that began play in 2009 at CenturyLink Field, a stadium which was also controlled by Allen.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2011year
American Academy of Arts and Sciencesmentioned
“* In 2011, Allen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
13 December 2011exact date
Mojave Air and Space Portmentioned
“On December 13, 2011, Allen announced the creation of Stratolaunch Systems, based at the Mojave Air and Space Port.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2012year
Seattlementioned
“In 2012, The Wall Street Journal called Allen's South Lake Union investment "unexpectedly lucrative" and one that led to his firm selling a office complex to Amazon.com for US$1.16 billion, one of the most expensive office deals ever in…”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2012year
Denmark Straitmentioned
“In 2012, along with his research team and the Royal Navy, Allen attempted to retrieve the ship's bell from , which sank in the Denmark Strait during World War II, but the attempt failed due to poor weather.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2013year
Palo Alto, Californiamentioned
“In 2013, Allen opened a new Vulcan Capital office in Palo Alto, California, to focus on making new investments in emerging technology and internet companies.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2014year
West Africamentioned
“In 2014, Allen pledged at least $100 million toward the fight to end the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, making him the largest private donor in the Ebola crisis.”
source: Wikipedia: Paul Allen
2014year
2016year
May 2016month
2017year
May 2017month
2018year
2018year
3 October 2019exact date
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Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
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Sources
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