Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Sholem Aleichem across 7 places, from 1908 to 1916.
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Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (May 13, 1916), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a Jewish author and playwright who wrote in Yiddish and lived in the Russian Empire and in the United States.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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July 1908month
Baranovichiattested“In July 1908, during a reading tour in Russia, Sholem Aleichem collapsed on a train going through Baranowicze.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
July 1908month
Russiaattested“In July 1908, during a reading tour in Russia, Sholem Aleichem collapsed on a train going through Baranowicze.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1914year
New York Cityattested“At a time when Sholem Aleichem was ill and struggling financially, this proved to be an invaluable gift, and Sholem Aleichem expressed his gratitude in a thank you letter in which he wrote, Sholem Aleichem moved to New York City again wi…”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1914year
New Yorkattested“At a time when Sholem Aleichem was ill and struggling financially, this proved to be an invaluable gift, and Sholem Aleichem expressed his gratitude in a thank you letter in which he wrote, Sholem Aleichem moved to New York City again wi…”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1915year
Rio de Janeiroattested“In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil a library named BIBSA – Biblioteca Sholem Aleichem was founded in 1915 as a Zionist institution by a local Jewish group.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
13 May 1916exact date
Mount Carmel Cemetery (Queens)attested“Sholem Aleichem died in New York on May 13, 1916, from tuberculosis and diabetes, aged 57, while working on his last novel, Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son, and was buried at Old Mount Carmel cemetery in Queens.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
13 May 1916exact date
Queensattested“Sholem Aleichem died in New York on May 13, 1916, from tuberculosis and diabetes, aged 57, while working on his last novel, Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son, and was buried at Old Mount Carmel cemetery in Queens.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
13 May 1916exact date
New Yorkattested“Sholem Aleichem died in New York on May 13, 1916, from tuberculosis and diabetes, aged 57, while working on his last novel, Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son, and was buried at Old Mount Carmel cemetery in Queens.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
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1859year
Pereiaslavmentioned“Solomon Naumovich (Sholom Nohumovich) Rabinovich () was born in 1859 in Pereiaslav and grew up in the nearby shtetl of Voronkiv, in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine).”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1859year
Poltava Governoratementioned“Solomon Naumovich (Sholom Nohumovich) Rabinovich () was born in 1859 in Pereiaslav and grew up in the nearby shtetl of Voronkiv, in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine).”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1876year
Pereiaslavmentioned“In 1876, after graduating from school in Pereiaslav, he began to work as a teacher.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
New York Citymentioned“He then emigrated to New York City, where he arrived in 1906.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1906year
New Yorkmentioned“He then emigrated to New York City, where he arrived in 1906.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1907year
The Haguementioned“In 1907, he served as an American delegate to the Eighth Zionist Congress held in The Hague.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1908year
Genevamentioned“His family set up house in Geneva, Switzerland, but when he saw he could not afford to maintain two households, he joined them in Geneva in 1908.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
1908year
Chernivtsimentioned“He thus missed the first Conference for the Yiddish Language, held in 1908 in Czernovitz; his colleague and fellow Yiddish activist Nathan Birnbaum went in his place.”source: Wikipedia: Sholem Aleichem
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