William Wordsworth
1770 to 1850
15 documented presences
14 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for William Wordsworth across 14 places, from 1770 to 1850. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 to 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where William Wordsworth was documented, and when
7 April 1770exact date
Cockermouthattested
“Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770, the second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson in what is now named Wordsworth House in Cockermouth, Cumberland (now in Cumbria), part of the scenic region in northwestern England…”
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7 April 1770exact date
Cumbriaattested
“Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770, the second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson in what is now named Wordsworth House in Cockermouth, Cumberland (now in Cumbria), part of the scenic region in northwestern England…”
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1778year
Hawkshead Grammar Schoolattested
“After the death of Wordsworth's mother, in 1778, his father sent him to Hawkshead Grammar School in Lancashire (now in Cumbria) and sent Dorothy to live with relatives in Yorkshire.”
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1778year
Lancashireattested
“After the death of Wordsworth's mother, in 1778, his father sent him to Hawkshead Grammar School in Lancashire (now in Cumbria) and sent Dorothy to live with relatives in Yorkshire.”
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1778year
Cumbriaattested
“After the death of Wordsworth's mother, in 1778, his father sent him to Hawkshead Grammar School in Lancashire (now in Cumbria) and sent Dorothy to live with relatives in Yorkshire.”
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1778year
Yorkshireattested
“After the death of Wordsworth's mother, in 1778, his father sent him to Hawkshead Grammar School in Lancashire (now in Cumbria) and sent Dorothy to live with relatives in Yorkshire.”
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1778year
Hawksheadattested
“After the death of Wordsworth's mother, in 1778, his father sent him to Hawkshead Grammar School in Lancashire (now in Cumbria) and sent Dorothy to live with relatives in Yorkshire.”
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December 1792month
Englandattested
“The Reign of Terror left Wordsworth thoroughly disillusioned with the French Revolution, and in December 1792 or January 1793 his family discontinued the allowance he had been living on and recalled him to England.”
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1795year
Dorsetattested
“For two years from 1795, William and his sister Dorothy lived at Racedown House in Dorset—a property of the Pinney family—to the west of Pilsdon Pen.”
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1798year
Goslarattested
“During the harsh winter of 1798–99, Wordsworth lived with Dorothy in Goslar, and, despite extreme stress and loneliness, began work on the autobiographical piece that was later titled The Prelude.”
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1802year
Calaisattested
“With the Peace of Amiens again allowing travel to France, in 1802, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy visited Annette and Caroline in Calais.”
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1802year
Franceattested
“With the Peace of Amiens again allowing travel to France, in 1802, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy visited Annette and Caroline in Calais.”
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23 April 1850exact date
Rydal, Cumbriaattested
“William Wordsworth died at home at Rydal Mount from an aggravated case of pleurisy on 23 April 1850, and was buried at St Oswald's Church, Grasmere.”
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23 April 1850exact date
Rydal Mountattested
“William Wordsworth died at home at Rydal Mount from an aggravated case of pleurisy on 23 April 1850, and was buried at St Oswald's Church, Grasmere.”
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23 April 1850exact date
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Places William Wordsworth is documented in
Cumbria2 presences · 1770 to 1778
Calais1 presence · 1802Dorset1 presence · 1795England1 presence · 1792France1 presence · 1802Yorkshire1 presence · 1778Cockermouth1 presence · 1770
Goslar1 presence · 1798
Hawkshead1 presence · 1778
Hawkshead Grammar School1 presence · 1778
Lancashire1 presence · 1778
Rydal Mount1 presence · 1850
Other places tied to William Wordsworth in the record
In each of these, a source puts William Wordsworth and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that William Wordsworth 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.
1790year
Alpsmentioned
“In 1790, he went on a walking tour of Europe, during which he toured the Alps extensively and visited nearby areas of France, Switzerland, and Italy.”
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November 1791month
Revolutionary Francementioned
“In November 1791, Wordsworth visited Revolutionary France and became enchanted with the Republican movement.”
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1792year
Madrasmentioned
“In particular, while he was in revolutionary Paris in 1792, the 22-year-old Wordsworth met the mysterious traveller John "Walking" Stewart (1747–1822), who was nearing the end of his thirty years of wandering, on foot, from Madras, India…”
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1792year
Persiamentioned
“In particular, while he was in revolutionary Paris in 1792, the 22-year-old Wordsworth met the mysterious traveller John "Walking" Stewart (1747–1822), who was nearing the end of his thirty years of wandering, on foot, from Madras, India…”
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1795year
Somersetmentioned
“It was also in 1795 that he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset.”
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1797year
Alfoxton Housementioned
“These delight me the most as they remind me of our native wilds." In 1797, the pair moved to Alfoxton House, Somerset, just a few miles away from Coleridge's home in Nether Stowey.”
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1797year
Nether Stoweymentioned
“These delight me the most as they remind me of our native wilds." In 1797, the pair moved to Alfoxton House, Somerset, just a few miles away from Coleridge's home in Nether Stowey.”
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1798year
Germanymentioned
“Wordsworth, Dorothy, and Coleridge travelled to Germany in the autumn of 1798.”
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1799year
Englandmentioned
“In the Autumn of 1799, Wordsworth and his sister returned to England and visited the Hutchinson family at Sockburn.”
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1838year
University of Durhammentioned
“However, he does occasionally converse cheerfully & well, and when one knows how benevolent & excellent he is, it disposes one to be very much pleased with him." In 1838, Wordsworth received an honorary doctorate in Civil Law from the Un…”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
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