A shared chronology, deliberately incomplete
1918 · Cambridge
Arthur Valerius Sterling is born. biographical record · established
1921 · Britain
Elizabeth Crawford is born. Her exact birthplace is not established here. biographical record · incomplete
1948–1953 · Cambridge to Princeton
Arthur and Elizabeth meet in Cambridge, marry in 1951, and move together to Princeton in 1953. shared record · established
1962 · Rome
Elizabeth makes a professional journey to Rome; the precise occasion remains pending. biographical record · partial
18 October 1963 · Princeton
Causal Structure and the Physical Address of a Past State is dated. work · hypothesis · unsubmitted
9 June 1972 · Princeton
Inheritance Without Memory is dated during Arthur's interdisciplinary period. work · hypothesis · unsubmitted
1975–1978
Elizabeth undergoes major treatment for breast cancer; Arthur and Elizabeth separate temporarily in 1976, then resume living together and rebuild their marriage. Medical details remain pending. personal record · incomplete
c. 1984–1988 · Princeton, then Bétera
Elizabeth dies around 1984. Arthur continues in Princeton, retires in 1988, and later works on CÓDIGO TEMPUS in Bétera with books and papers. partial · unresolved details
14 March 1991
Arthur officially disappears. His fate remains unresolved. personal record · unresolved
2008 · Foundation website
Catherine “Kate” Sterling initiates a modest public website from family papers and available materials. It is intended to grow gradually as descriptions become possible; later catalogue additions are not treated as part of the original 2008 record. editorial project · established
Undated provisional work records
Letters in Motion, The Afterlife of a Text, and Routes of Persistence are undated, provisional web records for Elizabeth's historical materials. They are not placed within the dated sequence.