Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Robert Musil across 11 places, from 1891 to 1938.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Robert Musil (6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert Musil was documented, and when
1891year
German Technical University in Brnoattested“Soon after his birth, the family moved to Komotau/Chomutov in Bohemia, and in 1891 Musil's father was appointed to the chair of Mechanical Engineering at the German Technical University in Brünn/Brno and, later, he was raised to heredita…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1891year
Austria-Hungaryattested“Soon after his birth, the family moved to Komotau/Chomutov in Bohemia, and in 1891 Musil's father was appointed to the chair of Mechanical Engineering at the German Technical University in Brünn/Brno and, later, he was raised to heredita…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1891year
Komotauattested“Soon after his birth, the family moved to Komotau/Chomutov in Bohemia, and in 1891 Musil's father was appointed to the chair of Mechanical Engineering at the German Technical University in Brünn/Brno and, later, he was raised to heredita…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1891year
Bohemiaattested“Soon after his birth, the family moved to Komotau/Chomutov in Bohemia, and in 1891 Musil's father was appointed to the chair of Mechanical Engineering at the German Technical University in Brünn/Brno and, later, he was raised to heredita…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1897year
Viennaattested“After graduation Musil studied at a military academy in Vienna during the fall of 1897, but then switched to mechanical engineering, joining his father's department at the Deutsche Technische Hochschule.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1902 to 1903period
Stuttgartattested“Musil finished his studies in three years and, in 1902–1903, served as an unpaid assistant to Professor of Mechanical Engineering , in Stuttgart.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1903 to 1908period
University of Berlinattested“He launched himself into a new round of doctoral studies (1903–1908) in psychology and philosophy at the University of Berlin under Professor Carl Stumpf.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1909year
University of Grazattested“In 1909, Musil completed his doctorate, with a thesis on the philosopher Ernst Mach, and Professor Alexius Meinong offered him a position at the University of Graz, which he turned down to concentrate on writing.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1916year
Pragueattested“In 1916, Musil visited Prague and met Franz Kafka, whose work he held in high esteem.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1932year
Berlinattested“In 1932, the Robert Musil Society was founded in Berlin on the initiative of Mann.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1938year
Switzerlandattested“In 1938, when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, Musil and his Jewish wife, Martha, left for exile in Switzerland, where he died at the age of 61.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
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German Technical University in Brno1 presence · 1891
Komotau1 presence · 1891
University of Graz1 presence · 1909
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1892 to 1897period
Eisenstadtmentioned“They sent him to a military boarding school at Eisenstadt (1892–1894) and then Hranice (1894–1897).”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
22 October 1917exact date
Austriamentioned“He was baptized Robert Mathias and his name was officially Robert Mathias Edler von Musil from 22 October 1917, when his father was ennobled (made Edler), until 3 April 1919, when the use of noble titles was forbidden in Austria.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1927year
Berlinmentioned“He also admired the Bohemian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, whom Musil called "great and not always understood" at his memorial service in 1927 in Berlin.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1930year
Berlinmentioned“In 1930 and 1933, his masterpiece, The Man Without Qualities (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) was published in Berlin in two volumes consisting of three parts, running into 1,074 pages: Volume 1 (Part I: A Sort of Introduction, and Part II:…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1931 to 1933period
Berlinmentioned“He saw early Nazism first-hand while he was living in Berlin from 1931 to 1933.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
1936year
Viennamentioned“In 1936, Musil suffered a stroke while swimming in Vienna.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Musil
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