Floruit ( / ˈ f l ɔːr u . ɪ t / ; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor. ; from Latin for " flourished ") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished.
4-605: Caubvick ( fl. 1773) was an Inuk from Labrador , a wife of one of the Inuit brought to England by George Cartwright. The highest peak in all of Labrador and east of the Rockies is named in her honour, Mount Caubvick . Her name comes from the Inuktitut word for "wolverine" which is ᑲᑉᕕᒃ ( kapvik ). In 1773, George Cartwright took Attuiock and Tooklavina and their wives, including Caubvick, to England where they met with
8-522: A record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)", even though Jones was born before 1197 and died possibly after 1229. The term is often used in art history when dating the career of an artist. In this context, it denotes the period of the individual's known artistic activity, which would generally be after they had received their training and, for example, had begun signing work or being mentioned in contracts. In some cases, it can be replaced by
12-559: The Latin verb flōreō , flōrēre "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun flōs , flōris , "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204 and 1229, as well as
16-556: The king, members of the Royal Society and James Boswell The Inuit all developed smallpox while in England. Caubvick was the only survivor of the group. She returned to her native Labrador and passed on the disease to many of her people. This Canadian biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Floruit Latin : flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of
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