Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Robert Graves across 7 places, from 1926 to 1961.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Robert Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985), whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Robert Graves is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Robert Graves was documented, and when
1926year
Cairo Universityattested“In 1926, he took up a post as a professor of English Literature at Cairo University, accompanied by his wife, their children and the poet Laura Riding, with whom he was having an affair.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1936 to 1939period
Mallorcaattested“Graves and Riding left Mallorca in 1936 at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and in 1939, they moved to the United States, taking lodging in New Hope, Pennsylvania.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1936 to 1939period
New Hope, Pennsylvaniaattested“Graves and Riding left Mallorca in 1936 at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and in 1939, they moved to the United States, taking lodging in New Hope, Pennsylvania.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1936 to 1939period
United Statesattested“Graves and Riding left Mallorca in 1936 at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and in 1939, they moved to the United States, taking lodging in New Hope, Pennsylvania.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1946 to 1950period
Deiàattested“Graves and Beryl (they were not to marry until 1950) lived in Galmpton, Torbay until 1946, when they re-established a home with their three children, in Deià, Mallorca.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1946 to 1950period
Galmpton, Torbayattested“Graves and Beryl (they were not to marry until 1950) lived in Galmpton, Torbay until 1946, when they re-established a home with their three children, in Deià, Mallorca.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1961 to 1966period
Oxfordattested“In 1961, he became Professor of Poetry at Oxford, a post he held until 1966.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
Open Quo Fuit to see these 7 presences on the
globe, filter them by date, and follow the journey year by year.
In each of these, a source puts Robert Graves and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Robert Graves 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.
1 September 1895exact date
Municipal Borough of Wimbledonmentioned“He was baptised into the Church of England as "Robert Ranke" on 1 September 1895 at Wimbledon.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1899year
Manor Park, Aldershotmentioned“With his first wife, Nancy Nicholson (1899–1977), he had Jennie (who married journalist Alexander Clifford), David (who was killed in the Second World War), Catherine (who married nuclear scientist Clifford Dalton at Aldershot), and Sam.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1909year
Charterhouse Schoolmentioned“In 1909, Graves was enrolled at Charterhouse School as Robert von Ranke Graves.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
15 August 1914exact date
Londonmentioned“On 15 August 1914, he was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers under this name, and it appeared in The London Gazette again when his commission was confirmed in March 1915.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1917year
Oxfordmentioned“"How unlike you to crib my idea of going to the Ladies' College at Oxford," Sassoon wrote to him in 1917.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1917year
Ladies' Collegementioned“"How unlike you to crib my idea of going to the Ladies' College at Oxford," Sassoon wrote to him in 1917.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1918year
Limerickmentioned“Having been posted to Limerick in late 1918, he "woke up with a sudden chill, which I recognised as the first symptoms of Spanish influenza." "I decided to make a run for it," he wrote, "I should at least have my influenza in an English,…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1918year
London Waterloo stationmentioned“Having been posted to Limerick in late 1918, he "woke up with a sudden chill, which I recognised as the first symptoms of Spanish influenza." "I decided to make a run for it," he wrote, "I should at least have my influenza in an English,…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1918year
Irelandmentioned“Having been posted to Limerick in late 1918, he "woke up with a sudden chill, which I recognised as the first symptoms of Spanish influenza." "I decided to make a run for it," he wrote, "I should at least have my influenza in an English,…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
1918year
Londonmentioned“Having been posted to Limerick in late 1918, he "woke up with a sudden chill, which I recognised as the first symptoms of Spanish influenza." "I decided to make a run for it," he wrote, "I should at least have my influenza in an English,…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
23 January 1918exact date
St James's Church, Piccadillymentioned“On 23 January 1918, Graves married Nancy Nicholson at St James's Church, Piccadilly, under his true name of Robert Ranke Graves.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
October 1919month
University of Oxfordmentioned“Immediately after the war, Graves with his wife, Nancy Nicholson had a growing family, but he was financially insecure and weakened physically and mentally: In October 1919, he took up his place at the University of Oxford, soon changing…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
11 November 1985exact date
Westminster Abbeymentioned“On 11 November 1985, Graves was among sixteen Great War poets commemorated on a slate stone unveiled in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Graves
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.
How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
Sentences quoted from Wikipedia are available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Public domain books come from
Project Gutenberg. Quo Fuit claims no rights over these sources.
See Robert Graves on a 3D globe, filter the record by date, and cross this life with another to find
where the two overlap.
