W. H. Auden
1907 to 1973
23 documented presences
18 places
Quo Fuit places 23 dated presences for W. H. Auden across 18 places, from 1936 to 1973. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where W. H. Auden was documented, and when
1936 to 1937period
Icelandattested
“In 1936, Auden spent three months in Iceland where he gathered material for a travel book Letters from Iceland (1937), written in collaboration with Louis MacNeice.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1937year
Spainattested
“In 1937, he went to Spain intending to drive an ambulance for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, but was put to work writing propaganda at the Republican press and propaganda office, where he felt useless and left after a week.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1937year
Icelandattested
“Auden was now arguing that an artist should be a kind of journalist, and he put this view into practice in Letters from Iceland (1937) a travel book in prose and verse written with Louis MacNeice, which included his long social, literary…”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1938 to 1939period
Chinaattested
“Again attempting to combine reportage and art, he and Isherwood spent six months in 1938 visiting China amid the Sino-Japanese War, working on their book Journey to a War (1939).”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1938year
Englandattested
“Auden spent late 1938 partly in England, partly in Brussels.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1938year
Brusselsattested
“Auden spent late 1938 partly in England, partly in Brussels.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
April 1939month
Californiaattested
“In April 1939, Isherwood moved to California, and he and Auden saw each other only intermittently in later years.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1940year
Brooklyn Heightsattested
“In 1940–41 Auden lived in a house at 7 Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights, that he shared with Carson McCullers, Benjamin Britten, and others, which became a famous centre of artistic life, nicknamed "February House".”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1942year
Swarthmore, Pennsylvaniaattested
“He had been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 1942–43 but did not use it, choosing instead to teach at Swarthmore College in 1942–45.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1942year
Swarthmore Collegeattested
“He had been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 1942–43 but did not use it, choosing instead to teach at Swarthmore College in 1942–45.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1956year
Oxfordattested
“In 1956–61 Auden was Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, where he was required to give three lectures each year.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1956year
Oxford Universityattested
“In 1956–61 Auden was Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, where he was required to give three lectures each year.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1963year
New Yorkattested
“In 1963 Kallman left the apartment he shared in New York with Auden, and lived during the winter in Athens while continuing to spend his summers with Auden in Austria.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1963year
Austriaattested
“In 1963 Kallman left the apartment he shared in New York with Auden, and lived during the winter in Athens while continuing to spend his summers with Auden in Austria.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1963year
1964 to 1965period
1964 to 1965period
February 1972month
February 1972month
February 1972month
1973year
29 September 1973exact date
29 September 1973exact date
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Places W. H. Auden is documented in
Oxford3 presences · 1956 to 1973Austria2 presences · 1963 to 1972New York2 presences · 1963 to 1972
Iceland2 presences · 1936 to 1937
Athens1 presence · 1963Berlin1 presence · 1964Brussels1 presence · 1938California1 presence · 1939China1 presence · 1938England1 presence · 1938Oxford University1 presence · 1956Spain1 presence · 1937
Other places tied to W. H. Auden in the record
In each of these, a source puts W. H. Auden and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that W. H. Auden was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1908year
Birminghammentioned
“His family moved to Homer Road in Solihull, near Birmingham, in 1908, where his father had been appointed the School Medical Officer and Lecturer (later Professor) of Public Health.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1908year
Solihullmentioned
“His family moved to Homer Road in Solihull, near Birmingham, in 1908, where his father had been appointed the School Medical Officer and Lecturer (later Professor) of Public Health.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1922year
Gresham's Schoolmentioned
“At thirteen he went to Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk; there, in 1922, when his friend Robert Medley asked him if he wrote poetry, Auden first realised his vocation was to be a poet.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1922year
Holt, Norfolkmentioned
“At thirteen he went to Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk; there, in 1922, when his friend Robert Medley asked him if he wrote poetry, Auden first realised his vocation was to be a poet.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1925year
Christ Church, Oxfordmentioned
“In 1925 he went up to Christ Church, Oxford, with a scholarship in biology; he changed to English by his second year, and was introduced to Old English poetry through the lectures of J.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1928year
Oxfordmentioned
“Auden left Oxford in 1928 with a third-class degree.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1928year
Berlinmentioned
“In late 1928, Auden left Britain for nine months, going to Berlin, perhaps partly as an escape from English repressiveness.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1930year
Helensburghmentioned
“In 1930, he began five years as a schoolmaster in boys' schools: two years at the Larchfield Academy in Helensburgh, Scotland, then three years at the Downs School in the Malvern Hills, where he was a much-loved teacher.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1930year
Larchfield Academymentioned
“In 1930, he began five years as a schoolmaster in boys' schools: two years at the Larchfield Academy in Helensburgh, Scotland, then three years at the Downs School in the Malvern Hills, where he was a much-loved teacher.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1930year
The Downs School (Herefordshire)mentioned
“In 1930, he began five years as a schoolmaster in boys' schools: two years at the Larchfield Academy in Helensburgh, Scotland, then three years at the Downs School in the Malvern Hills, where he was a much-loved teacher.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1930year
Malvern Hillsmentioned
“In 1930, he began five years as a schoolmaster in boys' schools: two years at the Larchfield Academy in Helensburgh, Scotland, then three years at the Downs School in the Malvern Hills, where he was a much-loved teacher.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
January 1939month
New Yorkmentioned
“Auden and Isherwood sailed to New York City in January 1939, entering on temporary visas.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
January 1939month
New York Citymentioned
“Auden and Isherwood sailed to New York City in January 1939, entering on temporary visas.”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1 September 1939exact date
Americamentioned
“Yeats", "The Unknown Citizen", "Law Like Love", "September 1, 1939", and "In Memory of Sigmund Freud" (all written in America).”
source: Wikipedia: W. H. Auden
1941year
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1957 to 1958period
1958year
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1958year
1963 to 1965period
1965year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Princess Sophie of HohenbergAustria · 1963Joachim von RibbentropChina · 1938Erik EriksonCalifornia · 1939Sandra BullockGermany · 1964Jerome BrunerUniversity of Oxford · 1972Konstantinos KaramanlisGreece · 1963Lale AndersenAustria · 1972Oliver SacksUniversity of Oxford · 1956Harold UreyUniversity of Oxford · 1956Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)University of Oxford · 1956Clement AttleeSpain · 1937Oskar DirlewangerSpain · 1937
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