Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Thomas Hardy across 9 places, from 1840 to 1929.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Thomas Hardy is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Thomas Hardy was documented, and when
2 June 1840exact date
Higher Bockhamptonattested“Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in Higher Bockhampton (then Upper Bockhampton), a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, England, where his father Thomas (1811–1892) worked as a stonemason and local b…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
2 June 1840exact date
Dorsetattested“Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in Higher Bockhampton (then Upper Bockhampton), a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, England, where his father Thomas (1811–1892) worked as a stonemason and local b…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1862year
Londonattested“He moved to London in 1862 where he enrolled as a student at King's College London.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1876 to 1878period
Yeovilattested“Subsequently, Hardy moved from London to Yeovil, and then to Sturminster Newton, where he wrote The Hand of Ethelberta (1876) and The Return of the Native (1878).”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1876 to 1878period
Sturminster Newtonattested“Subsequently, Hardy moved from London to Yeovil, and then to Sturminster Newton, where he wrote The Hand of Ethelberta (1876) and The Return of the Native (1878).”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1876 to 1878period
Londonattested“Subsequently, Hardy moved from London to Yeovil, and then to Sturminster Newton, where he wrote The Hand of Ethelberta (1876) and The Return of the Native (1878).”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1882year
Wimborneattested“A further move to Wimborne saw Hardy write Two on a Tower, published in 1882, a romance story set in the world of astronomy.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1885year
Dorchester, Dorsetattested“In 1885 they moved to Max Gate in Dorchester, a house designed by Hardy and built by his brother.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1885year
Max Gateattested“In 1885 they moved to Max Gate in Dorchester, a house designed by Hardy and built by his brother.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1912year
Cornwallattested“Although later the couple became estranged, Emma's death in 1912 had a traumatic effect on him and Hardy made a trip to Cornwall after her death to revisit places linked with their courtship.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
11 January 1928exact date
Max Gateattested“This manifesto declared that the German invasion of Belgium had been a brutal crime, and that Britain "could not without dishonour have refused to take part in the present war." Hardy was horrified by the destruction caused by the war, p…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1929year
Dorsetattested“In his autobiography Good-Bye to All That (1929), Robert Graves recalls meeting Hardy in Dorset in the early 1920s and how Hardy received him and his new wife warmly, and was encouraging about his work.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
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1862year
King's College Londonmentioned“He moved to London in 1862 where he enrolled as a student at King's College London.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
April 1862month
Windsor, Berkshirementioned“He joined Arthur Blomfield's practice as assistant architect in April 1862 and worked with Blomfield on Christ Church, East Sheen Richmond, London where the tower collapsed in 1863, and All Saints' parish church in Windsor, Berkshire, in…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
17 September 1874exact date
Cornwallmentioned“In 1870, while on an architectural mission to restore the parish church of St Juliot in Cornwall, Hardy met and fell in love with Emma Gifford, whom he married on 17 September 1874, at St Peter's Church, Paddington, London.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1923year
Tintagelmentioned“Indeed, his play The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse (1923) was written to be performed by the Hardy Players.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
1929year
Somersetmentioned“Maiden Castle is the last of Powys's so-called Wessex novels, Wolf Solent (1929), A Glastonbury Romance (1932) and Weymouth Sands (1934), which are set in Somerset and Dorset.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Hardy
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