Wellington Koo
1888 to 1985
9 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Wellington Koo across 7 places, from 1888 to 1967. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
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Where Wellington Koo was documented, and when
1888year
Jiading Districtattested
“Born in Jiading, now a suburb of Shanghai, in 1888, Koo grew up in an upper-class cosmopolitan family and was fluent in both English and French, which greatly aided his diplomatic career.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1901 to 1904period
New York Cityattested
“Koo studied at Saint John's University, Shanghai from 1901 to 1904, and Columbia University in New York City, where he was a member of the Philolexian Society, a literary and debating club, editor-in-chief of the Columbia Daily Spectator…”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1912year
Chinaattested
“Their marriage took place soon after Koo's return to China and divorced his first wife in 1912.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
December 1918month
Parisattested
“Wilson asked for Koo to attend the peace conference in Paris, and moreover, Koo travelled on the same ship that took Wilson and the rest of the American delegation to France in December 1918.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
December 1918month
Franceattested
“Wilson asked for Koo to attend the peace conference in Paris, and moreover, Koo travelled on the same ship that took Wilson and the rest of the American delegation to France in December 1918.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
12 March 1925exact date
Beijingattested
“(On March 12, 1925, Sun Yat-sen died in Wellington Koo's home in Beijing, where he had been taken when it was discovered he had incurable liver cancer.) As Foreign Minister, he often clashed with Sir Miles Lampson, the British minister-p…”
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11 January 1943exact date
Chinaattested
“On 11 January 1943, Koo signed in London a new Sino-British treaty that saw Britain renounce all of its extraterritorial rights in China, through the British refused to return Hong Kong as the Chinese had wanted.”
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11 January 1943exact date
Londonattested
“On 11 January 1943, Koo signed in London a new Sino-British treaty that saw Britain renounce all of its extraterritorial rights in China, through the British refused to return Hong Kong as the Chinese had wanted.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1967 to 1985period
New York Cityattested
“In 1967, he retired and moved to New York City, where he lived until his death in 1985.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
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Places Wellington Koo is documented in
China2 presences · 1912 to 1943New York City2 presences · 1901 to 1967Beijing1 presence · 1925France1 presence · 1918London1 presence · 1943Paris1 presence · 1918
Jiading District1 presence · 1888
Other places tied to Wellington Koo in the record
In each of these, a source puts Wellington Koo and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Wellington Koo 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.
1897year
Germanymentioned
“In 1897, China had been forced to sign a treaty that gave a 99-year lease giving sovereignty over the city of Qingdao to Germany while also giving Germany various special rights and economic control over the Shandong peninsula.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1897year
Shandongmentioned
“He further stated that the original Sino-German treaty of 1897 was also invalid as Germany was threatening war unless the Reich was granted special rights in the Shandong.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1912year
1914 to 1918period
Shandongmentioned
“When Macleay suggested that Britain would probably favor the Japanese claims on the Shandong Peninsula because Japan had done more for the Allied victory than China, Koo countered him with saying that besides for expelling the Germans fr…”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1914year
Chinamentioned
“Koo stated that all the people of China were grateful to the Japanese for ending the harsh German rule over the Shandong in 1914, but noted: "But grateful as they are, the Chinese delegation felt that they would be false in their duty to…”
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1915year
United Statesmentioned
“In 1915, Koo was made China's Minister to the United States and Cuba.”
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25 May 1915exact date
Shandongmentioned
“On 25 May 1915, the Japanese forced the Chinese to agree that after the war ended, the Japanese would take over all of the German rights in the Shandong peninsula, which caused protests all over China over what was deemed "National Humil…”
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25 May 1915exact date
Shandong Peninsulamentioned
“On 25 May 1915, the Japanese forced the Chinese to agree that after the war ended, the Japanese would take over all of the German rights in the Shandong peninsula, which caused protests all over China over what was deemed "National Humil…”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1917year
Shandongmentioned
“Koo seized upon the 14 Points, which stated that secret treaties were invalid, to argue that the secret treaties in 1917 under which Great Britain, France and Italy all agreed to support Japan taking over the German rights in the Shandon…”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1917year
Shandong Peninsulamentioned
“Koo seized upon the 14 Points, which stated that secret treaties were invalid, to argue that the secret treaties in 1917 under which Great Britain, France and Italy all agreed to support Japan taking over the German rights in the Shandon…”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1919year
Parismentioned
“In 1919, he was a member of the Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, led by Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang.”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1919year
Columbia Universitymentioned
“The Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan wrote: "Koo, who was only thirty-two in 1919, was a forceful and distinguished personality...At Columbia University, in New York, where he earned an undergraduate and graduate degree, he had been…”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
1919year
New York Citymentioned
“The Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan wrote: "Koo, who was only thirty-two in 1919, was a forceful and distinguished personality...At Columbia University, in New York, where he earned an undergraduate and graduate degree, he had been…”
source: Wikipedia: Wellington Koo
12 April 1919exact date
Shandongmentioned
“On 12 April 1919, the British Prime Minister David Lloyd George bluntly asked Koo: "Which would China prefer-to allow Japan to succeed to the German rights in Shandong as stated in the treaty between China and Germany or to recognize Jap…”
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4 May 1919exact date
4 May 1919exact date
1920year
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1921year
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1924 to 1926period
1928year
1928year
December 1931month
Documented at the same place, the same year
John D. RockefellerNew York City · 1901Lu XunBeijing · 1912Hannah ArendtThe New School · 1967Edward HopperThe New School · 1967Joseph KosuthThe New School · 1967Joni MitchellThe New School · 1967Langston HughesThe New School · 1967Clark GableEngland · 1943Wilhelmina of the NetherlandsEngland · 1943Frederick SangerEngland · 1943Arthur KoestlerEngland · 1943Vannevar BushEngland · 1943
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How to read this page
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Sources
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