18 moments

1. Birth in Bsharri

   1883-01-06 · Bsharri, Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire (now Lebanon)

   Gibran was born in the Mount Lebanon village of Bsharri, the place to which his body was ultimately returned after his death.

2. Enrollment at Josiah Quincy School

   1895-09-30 · Josiah Quincy School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

   

   After emigrating with his mother and siblings, Gibran began formal English-language education in Boston. Coordinates represent the historical Josiah Quincy School site.

3. Study at Collège de la Sagesse

   1898-01-01 · Collège de la Sagesse, Beirut, Ottoman Empire (now Lebanon)

   

   At age fifteen, Gibran returned to his homeland for a three-year course in Arabic literature and French at the Maronite Collège de la Sagesse. The year is derived from his January 1883 birth date and the source's statement that he returned at age fifteen; coordinates represent Beirut because the source does not give the school's historical campus coordinates.

4. Return to Boston after Sultana's death

   1902-04-01 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

   Gibran returned from abroad to Boston after learning of the death of his younger sister Sultana. Sultana died on April 2, 1902; the source supports arrival later that month but not an exact day.

5. Art study in Paris

   1908-07-01 · Académie Julian, Paris, France

   With financial support from Mary Haskell, Gibran went to Paris to study art at the Académie Julian and joined Jean-Paul Laurens's atelier. Coordinates represent the Académie Julian's historic Paris location.

6. Work in Marcel-Béronneau's studio

   1909-02-01 · Paris, France

   During his Paris period, Gibran worked in the studio of Symbolist painter Pierre Marcel-Béronneau and left the Académie Julian. The cited text establishes Paris through the surrounding Paris-study chronology but does not identify the studio address; coordinates represent central Paris.

7. Visit to London with Howayek and Rihani

   1910-06-01 · London, England, United Kingdom

   Gibran visited London with Youssef Howayek and Ameen Rihani during the final phase of his European study period. Coordinates represent central London.

8. Departure from Boulogne-sur-Mer

   1910-10-22 · Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

   Gibran began his transatlantic return to the United States, sailing for New York on the Nieuw Amsterdam. Coordinates represent the harbor area.

9. Return to Boston

   1910-11-11 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

   After crossing the Atlantic from France, Gibran was back in Boston before moving permanently to New York the following year. The wording establishes presence by November 11 rather than a confirmed arrival date on that day.

10. Residence at the Tenth Street Studio Building

    1911-01-01 · Tenth Street Studio Building, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

    

    Gibran established the studio known as “The Hermitage,” his main New York home and workplace for the remainder of his life. The source dates the first move to summer 1911 and the move to studio 30 to fall 1911, without a precise day or month.

11. Golden Links Society lectures

    1911-02-01 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Gibran joined the Boston branch of the Golden Links Society and lectured there for several months in support of Syrian independence and liberty. The organization's precise Boston meeting place is not identified; coordinates represent central Boston.

12. Stay at 164 Waverly Place

    1911-04-01 · 164 Waverly Place, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

    

    During his move to New York, Gibran temporarily stayed in Charlotte Teller's vacant apartment while looking for a studio. The source specifies only the end of April.

13. Move to 28 West 9th Street

    1911-05-15 · 28 West 9th Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

    

    After Charlotte Teller returned, Gibran moved into Ameen Rihani's small room on West 9th Street.

14. Re-creation of the New York Pen League

    1920-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

    

    Gibran joined fellow Mahjar writers in re-creating the Arabic-language New York Pen League, later serving as its chairman. The source identifies New York but not the meeting venue; coordinates represent central New York City.

15. Interrogatory meeting at St. Mark's Church

    1921-01-01 · St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

    Gibran participated in a public religious discussion asking whether a new world religion was needed to unite older religions. No more precise date is supplied.

16. Summer retreat in Scituate

    1922-01-01 · Scituate, Massachusetts, United States

    Following medical advice to leave city life, Gibran rented a seaside cottage in Scituate for a restorative three-month summer of writing. The source gives the year and duration but not the cottage location or exact months; coordinates represent Scituate.

17. Reading of The Prophet at St. Mark's Church

    1923-01-01 · St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

    At a reading of The Prophet organized by William Norman Guthrie, Gibran met Barbara Young, who later assisted him as secretary. The reading is reported within the article's 1923 publication chronology; no exact date is supplied.

18. Death at St. Vincent's Hospital

    1931-04-10 · St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

    

    Gibran was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan and died there the same day, aged forty-eight. Coordinates represent the former hospital complex.