Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Peter Abrahams across 3 places, from 1919 to 2017.
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Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Peter Abrahams was documented, and when
1919year
Vrededorp, Gautengattested“Abrahams was born in 1919 in Vrededorp, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; his father was from Ethiopia and his mother was Coloured, with French and African roots.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
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Ethiopiaattested“Abrahams was born in 1919 in Vrededorp, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; his father was from Ethiopia and his mother was Coloured, with French and African roots.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
18 January 2017exact date
Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaicaattested“Abrahams was found dead at his home in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, on 18 January 2017, aged 97.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
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1939year
Londonmentioned“In 1939, Abrahams left South Africa, and worked first as a sailor, and then settled in London, where he was a journalist.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
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South Africamentioned“In 1939, Abrahams left South Africa, and worked first as a sailor, and then settled in London, where he was a journalist.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
1942year
South Africamentioned“Despite a manuscript reader's recommendation against publication, in 1942 Allen & Unwin brought out his Dark Testament, made up mostly of pieces he had carried with him from South Africa.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
1945year
Manchestermentioned“In 1945, Abrahams helped to organised the fifth Pan-African Congress which took place in Manchester and is today regarded as a turning point within the independence struggle.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
1956year
Londonmentioned“In 1956, Abrahams published a roman à clef about the political community of which he had been a part in London: A Wreath for Udomo.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
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Jamaicamentioned“In 1956, Abrahams settled in Jamaica, where he continued novels and memoirs, also working as a journalist and radio commentator.”source: Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
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