[WikiEN-l] Reliable sources (Guy Chapman aka JzG)

[Andrew Gray]

On 25/02/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would see no problem with an article about a scientist which was
> entirely about his professional contributions, and didn't so much as
> mention a date of birth, middle name or anything vaguely personal. The
> article should be primarily about their work, and that "biographical"
> information is purely incidental.

For many medieval (or earlier) figures known for their work, not their
life, we're in exactly this state - all sorts of significant
characters where we can guess what country they were born in and have
a decent stab at what decade, but unless they attracted someone to
write a short biography of them *and* had that survive, you're not
going to get much more.

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk