Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Philip Pullman across 5 places, from 1956 to 2007.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Philip Pullman is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Philip Pullman was documented, and when
1956year
South Australiaattested“Around 1956, Pullman and his family spent around 18 months in South Australia, after his stepfather was posted to Woomera.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
1956year
RAAF Woomera Range Complexattested“Around 1956, Pullman and his family spent around 18 months in South Australia, after his stepfather was posted to Woomera.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
1956year
Adelaideattested“He also remembers living in the Adelaide beachside suburb of Glenelg in 1956.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
1988 to 1996period
Westminster College, Oxfordattested“Publishers Weekly wrote: "this waggish, innovative story of a courageous trio is sure to engage even the most reluctant reader." He wrote the realist novel The Broken Bridge (1990), "a love letter to that landscape of North Wales." Betwe…”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
23 November 2007exact date
Bangor Universityattested“On 23 November 2007, Pullman was made an honorary professor at Bangor University.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
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1954year
Kenyamentioned“His father, Alfred Outram Pullman, a Royal Air Force pilot, was killed in a plane crash in Kenya in 1954, when Pullman was seven, and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
1954year
Londonmentioned“Pullman was then presented with a report from The London Gazette of 1954 which "said that the medal was given for 'gallant and distinguished service' during the Mau Mau uprising".”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
1957year
Ysgol Ardudwymentioned“From 1957, Pullman was educated at Ysgol Ardudwy in Harlech, Gwynedd, spending time in Norfolk with his grandfather, a clergyman.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
1957year
Norfolkmentioned“From 1957, Pullman was educated at Ysgol Ardudwy in Harlech, Gwynedd, spending time in Norfolk with his grandfather, a clergyman.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
June 2007month
University of Dundeementioned“Pullman was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Dundee in June 2007.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
February 2009month
Londonmentioned“In February 2009, he was the keynote speaker at the Convention on Modern Liberty in London and wrote an extended piece in The Times condemning the Labour government for its attacks on basic civil rights.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
October 2011month
Englandmentioned“In October 2011, Pullman backed a campaign to stop 600 library closures in England, calling it a "war against stupidity".”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
11 August 2018exact date
Bunhill Fieldsmentioned“As president of the Blake Society, on 11 August 2018, Pullman inaugurated Blake's new memorial gravestone on the site of his grave in Bunhill Fields, following a long campaign by the society.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
2024year
Royal Societymentioned“In 2024, Pullman expressed concern at the Royal Society of Literature's alleged 'censorship' of Israeli criticism in its magazine.”source: Wikipedia: Philip Pullman
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