Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Robert Bloch across 4 places, from 1928 to 1975.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917 to September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror, and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Robert Bloch is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Robert Bloch was documented, and when
1928year
Milwaukeeattested“His parents were not impressed with Hugh Doak Rankin's sexy covers for the magazine, and when the Bloch family moved to Milwaukee in 1928 young Bloch gradually abandoned his interest.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1929year
Milwaukeeattested“In 1929, Bloch's father Ray Bloch lost his bank job, and the family moved to Milwaukee, where Stella worked at the Milwaukee Jewish Settlement settlement house.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1935year
Milwaukeeattested“In this story, Lovecraft kills off Robert Blake, the Bloch-based character, repaying a "courtesy" Bloch earlier paid Lovecraft with his 1935 tale "The Shambler from the Stars", in which the Lovecraft-inspired figure dies; the story goes…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1953year
Milwaukeeattested“After working for 11 years for the Gustav Marx Advertising Agency in Milwaukee, Bloch left in 1953 and moved to Weyauwega, Marion's home town, so she could be close to friends and family.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1953year
Weyauwega, Wisconsinattested“After working for 11 years for the Gustav Marx Advertising Agency in Milwaukee, Bloch left in 1953 and moved to Weyauwega, Marion's home town, so she could be close to friends and family.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1960year
Hollywood, Los Angelesattested“Following his move to Hollywood, around 1960, Bloch had multiple assignments from various television companies.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1975year
Providence, Rhode Islandattested“In 1975, Bloch won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the First World Fantasy Convention held in Providence, Rhode Island.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
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1925year
Maywood, Illinoismentioned“In 1925, at eight years of age, living in Maywood, he attended (alone at night) a screening of Lon Chaney, Sr.'s film The Phantom of the Opera (1925).”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1927year
Chicagomentioned“In the Chicago Northwestern Railroad depot with his parents and aunt Lil, his aunt offered to buy him any magazine he wanted and he picked Weird Tales (Aug 1927 issue) off the newsstand over her shocked protest.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1933year
Lovecraftmentioned“Now that, I decided, was poetic justice." As a teenager, Bloch wrote a fan letter to Lovecraft (1933), asking where he could find copies of earlier stories of Lovecraft's that Bloch had missed.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1937year
Californiamentioned“Bloch visited Henry Kuttner in California in 1937.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1950year
Lovecraftmentioned“(Bloch even had a signed certificate from Lovecraft [and some of his creations] giving Bloch permission to kill Lovecraft off in a story.) Bloch later recalled "believe me, beyond all doubt, I don't know anyone else I'd rather be killed…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1965year
Tahitimentioned“They honeymooned in Tahiti, and in 1965 visited London, then British Columbia.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1965year
Londonmentioned“They honeymooned in Tahiti, and in 1965 visited London, then British Columbia.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1968year
Londonmentioned“In 1968, Bloch returned to London to do two episodes for the English Hammer Films series Journey to the Unknown for Twentieth Century Fox.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
February 1991month
Nashville, Tennesseementioned“In February 1991, he was given the Honor of Master of Ceremonies at the first World Horror Convention held in Nashville, Tennessee.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
1992year
Los Angelesmentioned“In 1992, Bloch celebrated his 75th birthday with a bash at a Los Angeles mystery/horror bookstore which was attended by many sf/horror notables.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Bloch
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