Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Ruth Benedict across 4 places, from 1887 to 1948.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Ruth Benedict is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Ruth Benedict was documented, and when
5 June 1887exact date
New York Cityattested“Benedict was born Ruth Fulton in New York City on June 5, 1887, to Beatrice (Shattuck) and Frederick Fulton.”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
5 June 1887exact date
New Yorkattested“Benedict was born Ruth Fulton in New York City on June 5, 1887, to Beatrice (Shattuck) and Frederick Fulton.”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
1921year
Columbia Universityattested“As close friend, and lover Margaret Mead explained, "Anthropology made the first 'sense' that any ordered approach to life had ever made to Ruth Benedict." After working with Goldenweiser for a year, he sent her to work as a graduate stu…”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
1922year
Barnard Collegeattested“Benedict taught her first anthropology course at Barnard College in 1922 and among the students was Margaret Mead.”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
1936year
Columbia Universityattested“In 1936, she was appointed an associate professor at Columbia University.”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
17 September 1948exact date
New Yorkattested“She continued her teaching after the war and advanced to the rank of full professor only two months before her death in New York on September 17, 1948.”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
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In each of these, a source puts Ruth Benedict and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Ruth Benedict was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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September 1905month
Vassar Collegementioned“The girls were successful in school and entered Vassar College in September 1905, where Ruth thrived in an all-female atmosphere.”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
1910year
Buffalo, New Yorkmentioned“She had met him by chance in Buffalo, New York around 1910.”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
1923year
North Americamentioned“Benedict wrote her dissertation, "The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America," and received the PhD in anthropology in 1923.”source: Wikipedia: Ruth Benedict
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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.
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