Richard E. Byrd
1888 to 1957
8 documented presences
5 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Richard E. Byrd across 5 places, from 1923 to 1957. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Richard E. Byrd was documented, and when
1923year
Squantum Pointattested
“During the summer of 1923, then-Lieutenant Byrd and a group of volunteer Navy veterans of the First World War helped found the Naval Reserve Air Station (NRAS) at Squantum Point near Boston, using an unused First World War seaplane hanga…”
source: Wikipedia: Richard E. Byrd
1923year
Bostonattested
“During the summer of 1923, then-Lieutenant Byrd and a group of volunteer Navy veterans of the First World War helped found the Naval Reserve Air Station (NRAS) at Squantum Point near Boston, using an unused First World War seaplane hanga…”
source: Wikipedia: Richard E. Byrd
1924year
Bostonattested
“By late 1924, the Byrd family moved into a large brownstone house at 9 Brimmer Street in Boston's fashionable Beacon Hill neighborhood that had been purchased by Marie's father, a wealthy industrialist.”
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1933 to 1934period
United Statesattested
“On his second expedition during the Southern Hemisphere summer of 1933–1934, (winter in the United States, in the Northern Hemisphere), Byrd spent five months alone operating a meteorological station, Advance Base, from which he narrowly…”
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3 February 1956exact date
Antarcticattested
“Byrd spent only one week in the Antarctic, and started his return to the United States on February 3, 1956.”
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3 February 1956exact date
United Statesattested
“Byrd spent only one week in the Antarctic, and started his return to the United States on February 3, 1956.”
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11 March 1957exact date
Beacon Hill, Bostonattested
“Admiral Byrd died in his sleep of a heart ailment at the age of 68 on March 11, 1957, at his home at 7 Brimmer Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston.”
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11 March 1957exact date
Bostonattested
“Admiral Byrd died in his sleep of a heart ailment at the age of 68 on March 11, 1957, at his home at 7 Brimmer Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston.”
source: Wikipedia: Richard E. Byrd
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Places Richard E. Byrd is documented in
Boston3 presences · 1923 to 1957United States2 presences · 1933 to 1956
Antarctic1 presence · 1956
Beacon Hill, Boston1 presence · 1957
Squantum Point1 presence · 1923
Other places tied to Richard E. Byrd in the record
In each of these, a source puts Richard E. Byrd and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Richard E. Byrd 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.
28 May 1908exact date
North Polementioned
“He had a pet dog, Igloo, who accompanied Byrd to the North and South poles and who is buried at the Pine Ridge Pet Cemetery with a tombstone that reads "He was more than a friend." Byrd attended the Virginia Military Institute for two ye…”
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28 May 1908exact date
Pine Ridge Pet Cemeterymentioned
“He had a pet dog, Igloo, who accompanied Byrd to the North and South poles and who is buried at the Pine Ridge Pet Cemetery with a tombstone that reads "He was more than a friend." Byrd attended the Virginia Military Institute for two ye…”
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28 May 1908exact date
University of Virginiamentioned
“He had a pet dog, Igloo, who accompanied Byrd to the North and South poles and who is buried at the Pine Ridge Pet Cemetery with a tombstone that reads "He was more than a friend." Byrd attended the Virginia Military Institute for two ye…”
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28 May 1908exact date
United States Naval Academymentioned
“He had a pet dog, Igloo, who accompanied Byrd to the North and South poles and who is buried at the Pine Ridge Pet Cemetery with a tombstone that reads "He was more than a friend." Byrd attended the Virginia Military Institute for two ye…”
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28 May 1908exact date
United Statesmentioned
“He had a pet dog, Igloo, who accompanied Byrd to the North and South poles and who is buried at the Pine Ridge Pet Cemetery with a tombstone that reads "He was more than a friend." Byrd attended the Virginia Military Institute for two ye…”
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8 June 1912exact date
United Statesmentioned
“On June 8, 1912, Byrd graduated from the Naval Academy and was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy.”
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1914 to 1927period
Atlantic Oceanmentioned
“In 1927, Byrd announced he had the backing of the American Trans-Oceanic Company, which had been established in 1914 by department-store magnate Rodman Wanamaker for the purpose of building aircraft to complete nonstop flights across the…”
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14 December 1916exact date
Providence, Rhode Islandmentioned
“Shortly thereafter, on December 14, 1916, he was assigned as the inspector and instructor for the Rhode Island Naval Militia in Providence, Rhode Island.”
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1917year
Pensacola Naval Air Stationmentioned
“In the autumn of 1917, he was sent to naval aviation school at Pensacola, Florida.”
source: Wikipedia: Richard E. Byrd
1917year
Pensacolamentioned
“In the autumn of 1917, he was sent to naval aviation school at Pensacola, Florida.”
source: Wikipedia: Richard E. Byrd
July 1918month
Naval Air Station Halifaxmentioned
“He then commanded naval air forces at Naval Air Station Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, from July 1918 until the armistice in November.”
source: Wikipedia: Richard E. Byrd
1926year
North Polementioned
“Since 1926, doubts have been raised, defenses made, and heated controversy arose over whether or not Byrd actually reached the North Pole.”
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9 May 1926exact date
National Geographic Societymentioned
“The 1996 release of Byrd's diary of the May 9, 1926, flight revealed erased (but still legible) sextant sights that sharply differ from Byrd's later June 22 typewritten official report to the National Geographic Society.”
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21 December 1926exact date
New York Citymentioned
“He was thrown a parade in New York City, and Congress passed a special act on December 21, 1926, promoting him to the rank of commander and awarding both Floyd Bennett and him the Medal of Honor.”
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21 December 1926exact date
5 March 1927exact date
29 June 1927exact date
18 June 1930exact date
18 June 1930exact date
6 October 1933exact date
1938year
22 March 1941exact date
26 March 1942exact date
June 1942month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Albert EinsteinAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1924Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinBoston · 1923William Henry PickeringBoston · 1923Alfred North WhiteheadAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1924Paramahansa YoganandaAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1924Niels BohrUnited States · 1933Sergei EisensteinUnited States · 1933Anton WebernUnited States · 1933Otto HahnUnited States · 1933Georges LemaîtreUnited States · 1933Alexander CalderUnited States · 1933Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.United States · 1933
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