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This template generates an external link to a given person's biographical profile in Who's Who at ukwhoswho
Usage edit
Two parameters, the bare minimum
{{Who's Who | id= ID | title = <title from person's Who's Who entry> }}
Five parameters:
{{Who's Who | author= AUTHOR | year= YEAR | title = <title from person's Who's Who entry> | id= ID | doi= DOI }}
Examples edit
Who's Who edit
For biographies of living people e.g.
{{Who's Who | author = [Anon.] | year = 2017 | title = Hawking, Prof. Stephen William | id = U19510 | doi = 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.19510 }}
looks like
[Anon.] (2017). "Hawking, Prof. Stephen William". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.19510. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
another example with different parameters
{{Who's Who | title = Howarth, Toby Matthew | id = U282438 | volume = 2017 | edition = November 2016 online | access-date =12 May 2024
}}
looks like
"Howarth, Toby Matthew". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 May 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Who Was Who edit
For biographies of the deceased for example
{{Who's Who | title = Hayward, Henry Rudge | id = U186956 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | access-date =12 May 2024
}}
looks like
"Hayward, Henry Rudge". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 May 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
See also edit
Template data edit
TemplateData for Who's Who
This template generates an external link to a given person's biographical profile in UK Whos Who at ukwhoswho.com using an identifier and associated metadata
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| author | author | author of entry usually 'Anon' | String | optional |
| year | year | Year of publication for example '2018' | String | optional |
| title | title | Title of the subject's biography for example 'Hawking, Prof. Stephen William' | String | required |
| id | id | Locally unique identifier for the subject for example 'U19510' is the id for Stephen Hawking's entry. Typically the id is last six digits of the digital object identifier for that entry prefixed with a 'U'. | String | required |
| type | type | 'Who's Who' is the default implied type, for 'Who Was Who' add string 'was' | String | optional |
| volume | volume | Volume of book, often (though not always) same as year for example '2016' | String | optional |
| edition | edition | edition of book for example 'November 2016 online' | String | optional |
| access-date | access-date | Whole date that entry was accessed and read by a human editor | Date | optional |
| doi | doi | The Digital Object Identifier DOI of the entry for example '10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.19510' | String | optional |