Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Sidney Bechet across 3 places, from 1897 to 1959.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sidney Joseph Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Sidney Bechet is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Sidney Bechet was documented, and when
1897year
New Orleansattested“Bechet was born in New Orleans in 1897 to a middle-class Creole of color family.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
14 May 1959exact date
Garchesattested“Bechet died in Garches, near Paris, of lung cancer on May 14, 1959, on his 62nd birthday.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
14 May 1959exact date
Parisattested“Bechet died in Garches, near Paris, of lung cancer on May 14, 1959, on his 62nd birthday.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
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In each of these, a source puts Sidney Bechet and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Sidney Bechet was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1919year
New York Citymentioned“In the spring of 1919, he traveled to New York City and joined Will Marion Cook's Syncopated Orchestra.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
1928year
Montmartrementioned“In 1928, he led his small band at Chez Bricktop (run by the popular Ada "Bricktop" Smith) in Montmartre, Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
1932year
New York Citymentioned“In 1932, Bechet returned to New York City to lead a band with Tommy Ladnier.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
1948year
Nicementioned“His contract with Jazz Limited, a Chicago-based record label, was limiting the events at which he could perform (for instance, the label would not permit him to perform at the 1948 Festival of Europe in Nice).”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
1951year
Parismentioned“In 1951, he migrated to France permanently, after his performance as a soloist at the Paris Jazz Fair caused a surge in his popularity in that country, where he easily found well-paid work.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
1951year
Francementioned“In 1951, he migrated to France permanently, after his performance as a soloist at the Paris Jazz Fair caused a surge in his popularity in that country, where he easily found well-paid work.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
1951year
Antibesmentioned“Also, in 1951, he married Elisabeth Ziegler in Antibes.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Bechet
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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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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