Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Walter Scott across 5 places, from 1771 to 1832.
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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Walter Scott was documented, and when
15 August 1771exact date
Old Town, Edinburghattested“Walter Scott was born on 15 August 1771 in a third-floor apartment on College Wynd in the Old Town, Edinburgh, a narrow alleyway leading from the Cowgate to the gates of the old University of Edinburgh.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1801 to 1826period
Londonattested“In a "General Preface" to the "Magnum Edition", Scott wrote that one factor prompting him to resume work on the Waverley manuscript in 1813 had been a desire to do for Scotland what had been done in the fiction of Maria Edgeworth, "whose…”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1822year
Scotlandattested“After George's accession, the city council of Edinburgh invited Scott, at the sovereign's behest, to stage-manage the 1822 visit of George IV to Scotland.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
21 September 1832exact date
Abbotsford Houseattested“After he was landed in England, Scott was transported back to die at Abbotsford on 21 September 1832.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
21 September 1832exact date
Englandattested“After he was landed in England, Scott was transported back to die at Abbotsford on 21 September 1832.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
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January 1775month
Edinburghmentioned“In January 1775, he returned to Edinburgh, and that summer with his aunt Jenny took spa treatment at Bath in Somerset, southern England, where they lived at 6 South Parade.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
January 1775month
Bath, Somersetmentioned“In January 1775, he returned to Edinburgh, and that summer with his aunt Jenny took spa treatment at Bath in Somerset, southern England, where they lived at 6 South Parade.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
January 1775month
Somersetmentioned“In January 1775, he returned to Edinburgh, and that summer with his aunt Jenny took spa treatment at Bath in Somerset, southern England, where they lived at 6 South Parade.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1776year
Prestonpansmentioned“In the winter of 1776, he went back to Sandyknowe, with another attempt at a water cure at Prestonpans the following summer.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1778year
Edinburghmentioned“In 1778, Scott returned to Edinburgh for private education to prepare him for school.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
October 1779month
Edinburghmentioned“In October 1779, he began at the Royal High School in Edinburgh (in High School Yards).”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
October 1779month
Royal High School (Edinburgh)mentioned“In October 1779, he began at the Royal High School in Edinburgh (in High School Yards).”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
November 1783month
University of Edinburghmentioned“Scott began studying classics at the University of Edinburgh in November 1783, at the age of 12, a year or so younger than most fellow students.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1799year
Selkirk Town Housementioned“In 1799, Scott was appointed Sheriff of Selkirk, based at the courthouse in the Royal Burgh of Selkirk.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1800 to 1802period
Edinburghmentioned“In 1800, Scott suggested that Ballantyne set up business in Edinburgh and provided a loan for him to make the transition in 1802.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1806year
Duddingston Kirkmentioned“He was ordained as an elder in Duddingston Kirk in 1806, and sat in the General Assembly for a time as representative elder of the burgh of Selkirk.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1808year
Battle of Floddenmentioned“The most celebrated lines are the ones that open the final stanza: Three years after The Lay Scott published Marmion (1808) telling a story of corrupt passions leading up as a disastrous climax to the Battle of Flodden in 1513.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1810year
Scotlandmentioned“The success of Scott's Highland narrative poem The Lady of the Lake in 1810 seems to have put it into his head to resume the narrative and have his hero Edward Waverley journey to Scotland.”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
1811 to 1817period
Peninsular Campaignmentioned“Scott also produced four minor narrative or semi-narrative poems between 1811 and 1817: The Vision of Don Roderick (1811, celebrating Wellington's successes in the Peninsular Campaign, with profits donated to Portuguese war sufferers); T…”source: Wikipedia: Walter Scott
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