Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for William Beveridge across 5 places, from 1879 to 1963.
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William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge, (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963) was a British economist and Liberal politician who was a progressive, social reformer, and eugenicist who played a central role in designing the British welfare state.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where William Beveridge was documented, and when
5 March 1879exact date
Rangpur, Bangladeshattested“Beveridge, the eldest son of Henry Beveridge, an Indian Civil Service officer and District Judge, and scholar Annette Ackroyd, was born in Rangpur, India (now in Bangladesh), on 5 March 1879.”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
5 March 1879exact date
Bangladeshattested“Beveridge, the eldest son of Henry Beveridge, an Indian Civil Service officer and District Judge, and scholar Annette Ackroyd, was born in Rangpur, India (now in Bangladesh), on 5 March 1879.”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
30 July 1944exact date
British House of Commonsattested“Later in 1944, Beveridge, who had recently joined the Liberal Party, was elected to the Commons in a by-election for the Berwick-upon-Tweed seat to succeed George Charles Grey, who had died on the battlefield in Normandy, France, on the…”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
30 July 1944exact date
Normandyattested“Later in 1944, Beveridge, who had recently joined the Liberal Party, was elected to the Commons in a by-election for the Berwick-upon-Tweed seat to succeed George Charles Grey, who had died on the battlefield in Normandy, France, on the…”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
16 March 1963exact date
Thockringtonattested“He died at his home on 16 March 1963, aged 84, and was buried in Thockrington churchyard, on the Northumbrian moors.”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
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1903year
Toynbee Hallmentioned“His interest in the causes of unemployment began in 1903 when he worked at Toynbee Hall, a settlement house in London.”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
1903year
Londonmentioned“His interest in the causes of unemployment began in 1903 when he worked at Toynbee Hall, a settlement house in London.”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
1929 to 1939period
Englandmentioned“From 1929 he led the International scientific committee on price history, contributing a large historical study, Prices and Wages in England from the Twelfth to the Nineteenth Century (1939).”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
1946year
House of Lordsmentioned“In 1946, Beveridge was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Beveridge, of Tuggal in the County of Northumberland, and eventually became leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords.”source: Wikipedia: William Beveridge
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