Template:Did you know nominations/William Smith (antiquary), The Annals of University College
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:33, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
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William Smith (antiquary), The Annals of University College
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The Annals of University College (1728)
- ... that William Smith was prompted to write The Annals of University College (pictured) after the Court of King's Bench proclaimed the wrong person to be the founder of University College. Source: Carr, William (1902). University College. pp. 174-6
- ALT1:... that William Smith's Oxford College history, The Annals of University College, (pictured) has been described as "a maddening work, resembling a non-fictional Tristram Shandy". Source: Darwall-Smith, Robin; Riordan, Michael (2009). "Archives for Administrators or Archives for Antiquarians? A History of Archive Cataloguing in Four Oxford Colleges". Journal of the Society of Archivists. 30 (1): 99
Created by Tenpop421 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:11, 8 September 2019 (UTC).
- Both articles were freshly created at the time of nomination and are lengthy articles. Statement in hook is sourced (and is backed up by the subtitle of the book). Both are admirable encyclopedic work with no issues. The image is in the public domain and is the lead image of one of the articles. The first hook is more succinct and easy to understand without prior knowledge than the alternative. QPQ not needed, as nominator has one previous DYK. Exemplary work about some interesting historical events.
MartinPoulter (talk) 20:22, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- Both articles were freshly created at the time of nomination and are lengthy articles. Statement in hook is sourced (and is backed up by the subtitle of the book). Both are admirable encyclopedic work with no issues. The image is in the public domain and is the lead image of one of the articles. The first hook is more succinct and easy to understand without prior knowledge than the alternative. QPQ not needed, as nominator has one previous DYK. Exemplary work about some interesting historical events.
