Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Thomas Cook across 6 places, from 1841 to 1862.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Thomas Cook (22 November 1808 – 18 July 1892) was the founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Thomas Cook is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Thomas Cook was documented, and when
June 1841month
Leicesterattested“Cook described how he got the idea for his first railway excursion when he was walking the 15 miles from his home to Leicester in June 1841 to attend a temperance meeting: "A thought flashed through my brain – what a glorious thing it wo…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
5 July 1841exact date
Loughboroughattested“Cook's plan came to fruition on 5 July 1841, when he took a party of 485 members of the Leicester Temperance Society on a rail excursion from Leicester Campbell Street Railway Station to Loughborough to attend a temperance meeting.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
5 July 1841exact date
Leicester railway stationattested“Cook's plan came to fruition on 5 July 1841, when he took a party of 485 members of the Leicester Temperance Society on a rail excursion from Leicester Campbell Street Railway Station to Loughborough to attend a temperance meeting.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1855year
Englandattested“Having organised tours in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man over the previous decade, Cook planned his first excursion abroad in 1855, "a grand circular tour of the Continent", visiting major cities in Belgium, German…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1855year
Belgiumattested“Having organised tours in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man over the previous decade, Cook planned his first excursion abroad in 1855, "a grand circular tour of the Continent", visiting major cities in Belgium, German…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1862year
Switzerlandattested“In 1862, Scottish railway companies stopped issuing cheap group tickets for tour groups and Cook turned his attention further afield, to Switzerland and Italy, the United States, Egypt and the Holy Land.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
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In each of these, a source puts Thomas Cook and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Thomas Cook was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1828year
South Midlandsmentioned“In 1828, he left an apprenticeship as a cabinet-maker to become an itinerant Baptist preacher, distributing tracts and setting up Sunday Schools in villages in the South Midlands for an annual salary of £36.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1829year
Barrowdenmentioned“In 1829, he met Marianne Mason, a farmer's daughter and Sunday School teacher from Barrowden in Rutland.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1829year
Rutlandmentioned“In 1829, he met Marianne Mason, a farmer's daughter and Sunday School teacher from Barrowden in Rutland.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
3 March 1833exact date
St Peter's Church, Barrowdenmentioned“The couple married on 3 March 1833 at St Peter's Church, Barrowden and set up home in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, with Cook working as a wood turner.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
3 March 1833exact date
Market Harboroughmentioned“The couple married on 3 March 1833 at St Peter's Church, Barrowden and set up home in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, with Cook working as a wood turner.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
3 March 1833exact date
Leicestershirementioned“The couple married on 3 March 1833 at St Peter's Church, Barrowden and set up home in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, with Cook working as a wood turner.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1845year
Liverpoolmentioned“In 1845, he organised his first profit-making excursion, taking a party to Liverpool, Caernarfon and Mount Snowdon.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1851year
Great Exhibitionmentioned“The following year he branched out with tours to Scotland and in 1851 he arranged for 165,000 people to travel to the Great Exhibition in London.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1851year
Scotlandmentioned“The following year he branched out with tours to Scotland and in 1851 he arranged for 165,000 people to travel to the Great Exhibition in London.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1851year
Londonmentioned“The following year he branched out with tours to Scotland and in 1851 he arranged for 165,000 people to travel to the Great Exhibition in London.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
1865year
Londonmentioned“In 1865, Cook acquired business premises on Fleet Street in London.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Cook
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