Talk:Ebenezer Teichelmann

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:37, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

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Ebenezer Teichelmann after the first crossing of Harper Pass in 1905

• ... when Henry Newton, Alec Graham and Ebenezer Teichelmann (pictured) made the first ascent of Douglas Peak in 1907, they took more than 25 kg (55 lbs) of camera equipment? Source: Teichelmann, by Bob McKerrow, p173 "With the heavy full-plate camera, and Newton's lighter Sandison [sic] camera, the party of three carried over twenty-five kilograms of camera gear. This slowed them down on the climb to the top..." (Note that a similar quote, specifying 50lbs of equipment, is visible online here https://www.nzaj-archive.nz/#/documents/77849/pages/96 but this 1992 excerpt was amended to over 25 kilograms in the book published in 2005)
  • ALT1:... that Ebenezer Teichelmann (pictured) and his nurse Bess Hudson manned a railway jigger for 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) at night to reach a patient? Source: Teichelmann, by Bob McKerrow, page 35 "Two figures, barely visible against the dark horizon, urgently pushed and pulled the handles of the jigger. They had over ten kilometres to go to reach a sick patient at Ruatapu. On one end sat the thin, wiry figure of Doctor Teichelmann, urging on the protesting vehicle. Assisting him was his dedicated nurse, Bess Hudson"
  • ALT2:... that Sir Edmund Hillary called Ebenezer Teichelmann's (pictured) third ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook a “wonderful achievement”? Source: Teichelmann by Bob McKerrow, page vii "...his many first ascent were remarkable in that day and age of hobnail boots and long handled ice axes. His third ascent of Aoraki Mt. Cook in 1905 was a wonderful achievement."

• Reviewed: Sarah Thomas (centenarian)
• Comment: Ebenezer Teichelmann was a significant figure in early 19th century Hokitika. We are having our very first New Zealand WikiCon in Hokitika on 20/21 March (New Zealand time), and it would be lovely if, should the nomination succeed, the DYK could coincide. I can provide images of the necessary pages by email if the reviewer likes. I am happy to discuss alternate hooks too, currently hook 1 is my favourite. Another could possibly be around the SS Marquette sinking.

Created by DrThneed (talk). Self-nominated at 04:49, 21 February 2021 (UTC).

• Moved to mainspace two days ago, definitely long enough, well-sourced with good references and the hooks all link to sources. (I happen to have the Teichelmann biography here in the library, and have checked them.) It's an excellent article, and very thorough – I just added a section on Teichelmann's house and a photo. I think the first hook is good (but I love the image of the doctor and nurse on the railway handcar), the hook picture is freely licensed and should work fine at a small size. QPQ OK. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:38, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Not FRGS

The obituary of Teichelmann in the NZAJ uses the post-nominal FRGS. I have checked with the Royal Geographical Society and they do not have any record of him in their fellows lists or in their journal. It is therefore likely that this is a misprint of FRCS (for Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, which he definitely was and which the obituary did not include the post-nominal for). Noting it here for any future editors of the page.DrThneed (talk) 22:47, 23 February 2021 (UTC)