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July 12

Billy Ruffian and Bellamy's cottage at Plymstock

According to our article HMS Bellerophon some of her timbers were incorporated into a cottage at Plymstock by George Bellamy, who was her surgeon at the Battle of the Nile. This page says it was "a charming cottage in the Victorian Gothic style ... near the waterfront". Do we know anything more about his cottage, does it survive, are there any pictures of it? Thank you, DuncanHill (talk) 22:49, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

This page says it's called Burrow Lodge [1]. --Amble (talk) 23:34, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

@Amble: Brilliant, thank you. It's a Grade II listed building according to Historic England. A picture here. DuncanHill (talk) 23:41, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Landscape painter

I'm looking for sufficient information on landscape painter Johann Friederich Hennings (1838 Bremen – 1899 München) to be confident the Australian Dictionary of Biography isn't confusing two people when it gives the Australian scenic painter John Hennings, also of Danish/German origin exactly the same birthname. Doug butler (talk) 23:26, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

It seems to be a popular name. The ADB entry for the German painter (1838–1899) notes that a painter of a similar name died in 1895.[2] Hack (talk) 02:14, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

A remarkably similar name and a close contemporary. Thanks, that's interesting. Also that our two reference works are known as ADB! Doug butler (talk) 04:31, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

This reminds me of a comment that I made on Talk: Frederick Meyer about 11 years ago: Two notable men named Frederick Meyer working in San Francisco at the same time - There was ANOTHER Frederick Meyer, who was an architect in San Francisco at the same time. Here's a quote from the San Francisco Encyclopedia: "Meyer died on March 6, 1961 in Marin General Hospital after a long illness. He had a namesake working in the Bay Area, another Frederick H. Meyer, who was prominent in the Bay Area Arts and Crafts movement, had taught at the Hopkins Institute of Art on Nob Hill prior to the 1906 earthquake and after that institution was destroyed in the fire, founded the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1907. This Meyer had been born in Hamelin, Germany in 1872. Both had fathers or uncles who were cabinet makers. The older Meyer had died exactly two months earlier, on January 6, 1961. Researchers should be aware that the Examiner obituary of architect Meyer published on March 7, 1961 managed to confuse the accomplishments of the two and had to be corrected the following day!" I've removed the reference to THIS Meyer designing a building. He was not an architect. It was the other man who designed the building. Some of these coincidences are quite amazing and require care from editors. Please see Wikipedia:Don't build the Frankenstein. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:57, 17 July 2021 (UTC)