W. Somerset Maugham
1874 to 1965
6 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for W. Somerset Maugham across 6 places, from 1874 to 1965. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
William Somerset Maugham (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where W. Somerset Maugham was documented, and when
25 January 1874exact date
Franceattested
“The British ambassador, Lord Lyons, had a maternity ward set up within his embassy – which was legally recognised as UK territory – enabling British couples in France to circumvent the new law, and it was there that William Somerset Maug…”
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1892 to 1897period
St Thomas's Hospital Medical Schoolattested
“From 1892 until he qualified in 1897, he studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in Lambeth.”
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1892 to 1897period
Lambethattested
“From 1892 until he qualified in 1897, he studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in Lambeth.”
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1946year
Englandattested
“Before returning to the south of France after the war, Maugham travelled to England and lived in London until the end of 1946.”
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1946year
Londonattested
“Before returning to the south of France after the war, Maugham travelled to England and lived in London until the end of 1946.”
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16 December 1965exact date
Niceattested
“Maugham died in the Anglo-American Hospital in Nice on the night of 15–16 December 1965 at the age of 91, of complications following a fall.”
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Places W. Somerset Maugham is documented in
England1 presence · 1946France1 presence · 1874London1 presence · 1946Nice1 presence · 1965
Lambeth1 presence · 1892
St Thomas's Hospital Medical School1 presence · 1892
Other places tied to W. Somerset Maugham in the record
In each of these, a source puts W. Somerset Maugham and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that W. Somerset Maugham 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.
1905year
Parismentioned
“Raphael comments that there is no firm evidence for this, and Meyers suggests that she is based on Harry Phillips, a young man whom Maugham had taken to Paris as, nominally, his secretary for a prolonged stay in 1905.”
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October 1907month
Royal Court Theatrementioned
“Between 1903 and 1906 he wrote two more plays, a travel book and two novels, but his next big commercial and critical success did not come until October 1907, when his comedy Lady Frederick opened at the Court Theatre in London.”
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October 1907month
Londonmentioned
“Between 1903 and 1906 he wrote two more plays, a travel book and two novels, but his next big commercial and critical success did not come until October 1907, when his comedy Lady Frederick opened at the Court Theatre in London.”
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1915year
New Yorkmentioned
“It was written in 1915 and staged in New York in 1917, for a satisfactory but not unusual 112 performances, but when produced in the West End in 1923 it was played 548 times.”
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February 1916month
Noël Coward Theatrementioned
“In his overt capacity as an author he wrote Caroline, a three-act comedy, which opened in February 1916 at the New Theatre, London, with Irene Vanbrugh in the title role.”
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May 1917month
New Jerseymentioned
“In May 1917 they married at a ceremony in New Jersey.”
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August 1919month
Playhouse Theatrementioned
“While there he wrote a farce, Home and Beauty, which was presented at the Playhouse Theatre in August 1919 starring Gladys Cooper and Charles Hawtrey.”
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1922year
Colombomentioned
“In 1922–23 Maugham's next extended trip was in south and east Asia, with stops at Colombo, Rangoon, Mandalay, Bangkok and Hanoi.”
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1936year
West Indiesmentioned
“Maugham's days of lengthy trips to distant places were mostly behind him, but at Kipling's suggestion he sailed to the West Indies in 1936.”
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1938 to 1944period
Indiamentioned
“During a visit to India in 1938 he found his interest prompted less by the British expatriates than by Indian philosophers and ascetics: "As soon as the Maharajas realized that I didn't want to go on tiger hunts but that I was interested…”
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June 1940month
Nicementioned
“When the Second World War began in 1939 he stayed in his home as long as he could, but in June 1940 France surrendered; knowing himself to be proscribed by the Nazis (Joseph Goebbels denounced him personally), Maugham made his way to Eng…”
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June 1940month
Englandmentioned
“When the Second World War began in 1939 he stayed in his home as long as he could, but in June 1940 France surrendered; knowing himself to be proscribed by the Nazis (Joseph Goebbels denounced him personally), Maugham made his way to Eng…”
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1954year
Buckingham Palacementioned
“During a visit in 1954 he was invested as a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) by the Queen at a private audience in Buckingham Palace.”
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1962year
Connonmentioned
“Nonetheless, his final years, according to Connon, were marred by increasing senility, misguided legal disputes and a memoir, published in 1962, Looking Back, in which "he denigrated his late former wife, was dismissive of Haxton, and ma…”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
Robert Louis StevensonFrance · 1874La Belle OteroNice · 1965Gustav MahlerLondon · 1892Frances Hodgson BurnettLondon · 1892Kees van DongenLondon · 1892Jack L. WarnerLondon · 1892Ronald ColmanLondon · 1892John Maynard KeynesBank of England · 1946Karl PopperBank of England · 1946Christopher LeeBank of England · 1946Edward VIIIBank of England · 1946Thomas KuhnBank of England · 1946
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