Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Scott Joplin across 2 places, from 1907 to 1909.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Scott Joplin is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Scott Joplin was documented, and when
1907year
New Yorkattested“In 1907, Joplin moved to New York City, which he believed was the best place to find a producer for a new opera.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
1907year
New York Cityattested“In 1907, Joplin moved to New York City, which he believed was the best place to find a producer for a new opera.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
1909year
New Yorkattested“After his move to New York, Joplin met Lottie Stokes, whom he married in 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
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In each of these, a source puts Scott Joplin and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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June 1870month
Linden, Texasmentioned“There is disagreement over his exact place of birth in Texas, with Blesh identifying Texarkana, and Berlin showing the earliest record of Joplin being the June 1870 census which locates him as a two year-old in Linden (about 40 miles fro…”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
June 1870month
Texasmentioned“There is disagreement over his exact place of birth in Texas, with Blesh identifying Texarkana, and Berlin showing the earliest record of Joplin being the June 1870 census which locates him as a two year-old in Linden (about 40 miles fro…”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
June 1870month
Texarkanamentioned“There is disagreement over his exact place of birth in Texas, with Blesh identifying Texarkana, and Berlin showing the earliest record of Joplin being the June 1870 census which locates him as a two year-old in Linden (about 40 miles fro…”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
1880year
Texarkanamentioned“By 1880, the Joplins had moved to Texarkana, Arkansas, where Giles worked as a railroad laborer and Florence as a cleaner.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
July 1891month
Texarkanamentioned“Little is known about his movements at this time, although he is recorded in Texarkana in July 1891 as a member of the Texarkana Minstrels, who were raising money for a monument to Jefferson Davis, president of the former Confederate Sta…”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
1893year
Chicagomentioned“In 1893, while in Chicago for the World's Fair, Joplin formed a band in which he played cornet and also arranged the band's music.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
1894year
Sedalia, Missourimentioned“In 1894, Joplin arrived in Sedalia, Missouri.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
1898 to 1899period
Sedalia, Missourimentioned“The "Maple Leaf Rag" was likely to have been known in Sedalia before its publication in 1899; Brun Campbell claimed to have seen the manuscript of the work in around 1898.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
1915year
Harlemmentioned“In 1915, as a last-ditch effort to see it performed, he invited a small audience to hear it at a rehearsal hall in Harlem.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
2 February 1917exact date
Manhattan Psychiatric Centermentioned“On February 2, 1917, he was admitted to Manhattan State Hospital, a mental institution.”source: Wikipedia: Scott Joplin
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