Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Sylvia Plath across 9 places, from 1932 to 1962.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet and author.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Sylvia Plath is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Sylvia Plath was documented, and when
27 October 1932exact date
Jamaica Plainattested“Plath was born on October 27, 1932, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
1934year
Bostonattested“Plath's father was an entomologist and a professor of biology at Boston University who wrote a book about bumblebees in 1934.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
1934year
Boston Universityattested“Plath's father was an entomologist and a professor of biology at Boston University who wrote a book about bumblebees in 1934.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
June 1957month
Smith Collegeattested“In June 1957, Plath and Hughes moved to the United States; beginning in September, Plath taught at Smith College, her alma mater.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
June 1957month
United Statesattested“In June 1957, Plath and Hughes moved to the United States; beginning in September, Plath taught at Smith College, her alma mater.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
1958year
Bostonattested“She found it difficult to both teach and have enough time and energy to write, and in the middle of 1958, the couple moved to Boston, where they lived at 9 Willow St.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
December 1959month
Londonattested“The couple moved back to England in December 1959 and lived in London at 3 Chalcot Square, near the Primrose Hill area of Regent's Park, where an English Heritage plaque records Plath's residence from 1960-1961.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
December 1959month
Englandattested“The couple moved back to England in December 1959 and lived in London at 3 Chalcot Square, near the Primrose Hill area of Regent's Park, where an English Heritage plaque records Plath's residence from 1960-1961.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
December 1959month
Primrose Hillattested“The couple moved back to England in December 1959 and lived in London at 3 Chalcot Square, near the Primrose Hill area of Regent's Park, where an English Heritage plaque records Plath's residence from 1960-1961.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
May 1962month
Devonattested“The couples became friends and Plath and Hughes invited the Wevills to visit them at their new house in Devon in May 1962.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
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In each of these, a source puts Sylvia Plath and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Sylvia Plath was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1936year
Jamaica Plainmentioned“In 1936 the family moved from 24 Prince Street in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, to 92 Johnson Avenue, Winthrop, Massachusetts.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
1950year
Wellesley, Massachusettsmentioned“"Even in her youth, Plath was ambitiously driven to succeed." Plath attended Bradford Senior High School, which is now Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, graduating in 1950.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
1950year
Massachusettsmentioned“In 1950, Plath attended Smith College, a private women's liberal arts college in Massachusetts, where she excelled academically.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
1959year
Yaddomentioned“In summer 1959, Plath and Hughes went on an eight-week camping trip across Canada, the United States and Mexico, after which they stayed at the Yaddo artist colony in Saratoga Springs, New York, in fall.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
1959year
Saratoga Springs, New Yorkmentioned“In summer 1959, Plath and Hughes went on an eight-week camping trip across Canada, the United States and Mexico, after which they stayed at the Yaddo artist colony in Saratoga Springs, New York, in fall.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
1959year
Canadamentioned“In summer 1959, Plath and Hughes went on an eight-week camping trip across Canada, the United States and Mexico, after which they stayed at the Yaddo artist colony in Saratoga Springs, New York, in fall.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
August 1961month
Londonmentioned“Before moving away from London in August 1961, the couple sublet their flat at Chalcot Square to the Canadian poet David Wevill and his wife Assia (née Gutmann) Wevill.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
August 1961month
Chalcot Squarementioned“Before moving away from London in August 1961, the couple sublet their flat at Chalcot Square to the Canadian poet David Wevill and his wife Assia (née Gutmann) Wevill.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
December 1962month
Londonmentioned“In December 1962, she returned alone to London with their children and rented, on a five-year lease, a flat at 23 Fitzroy Road—around the corner from her previous flat at Chalcot Square.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
December 1962month
Chalcot Squarementioned“In December 1962, she returned alone to London with their children and rented, on a five-year lease, a flat at 23 Fitzroy Road—around the corner from her previous flat at Chalcot Square.”source: Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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How to read this page
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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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