Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for William S. Burroughs across 4 places, from 1927 to 1997.
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William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where William S. Burroughs was documented, and when
1927 to 1981period
Lawrence, Kansasattested“Burroughs moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1981, taking up residence at 1927 Learnard Avenue where he would spend the rest of his life.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
City College of New Yorkattested“In 1974, concerned about his friend's well-being, Allen Ginsberg gained for Burroughs a contract to teach creative writing at the City College of New York.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
Lawrence, Kansasattested“Burroughs died August 2, 1997, at age 83, in Lawrence, Kansas, from complications of a heart attack he had suffered the previous day.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
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1932year
Harvard Universitymentioned“Louis." Burroughs finished high school at Taylor School in Clayton, Missouri, and in 1932 left home to pursue an arts degree at Harvard University, where he was affiliated with Adams House.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
1932year
Clayton, Missourimentioned“Louis." Burroughs finished high school at Taylor School in Clayton, Missouri, and in 1932 left home to pursue an arts degree at Harvard University, where he was affiliated with Adams House.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
Mexico Citymentioned“In 1949 he enrolled in Mexico City College under the GI Bill, which paid for part of his tuition and books and provided him with a seventy-five-dollar-per-month stipend.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
1950year
Mexico Citymentioned“Burroughs also attended classes at the Mexico City College in 1950, studying Spanish, as well as Mesoamerican manuscripts (codices) and the Mayan language with R.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
1957year
Tangiermentioned“Eventually, Ginsberg and Kerouac, who had traveled to Tangier in 1957, helped Burroughs type, edit, and arrange these episodes into Naked Lunch.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
1958year
United Statesmentioned“Excerpts from Naked Lunch were first published in the United States in 1958.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
October 1959month
Beat Hotelmentioned“After the publication of Naked Lunch, a book whose creation was to a certain extent the result of a series of contingencies, Burroughs was exposed to Brion Gysin's cut-up technique at the Beat Hotel in Paris in October 1959.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
October 1959month
Parismentioned“After the publication of Naked Lunch, a book whose creation was to a certain extent the result of a series of contingencies, Burroughs was exposed to Brion Gysin's cut-up technique at the Beat Hotel in Paris in October 1959.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
1976year
United Statesmentioned“Burroughs decided to relocate back to the United States permanently in 1976.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
1976 to 1977period
Coloradomentioned“His father spent time in 1976 and 1977 in Colorado, helping Billy through additional surgeries and complications.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
1981year
New York Citymentioned“The building fell within New York City rent control policies that made it extremely cheap; it was only about four hundred dollars a month until 1981 when the rent control rules changed, doubling the rent overnight.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
1981year
New Yorkmentioned“The building fell within New York City rent control policies that made it extremely cheap; it was only about four hundred dollars a month until 1981 when the rent control rules changed, doubling the rent overnight.”source: Wikipedia: William S. Burroughs
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