User contributions for Kiche1

9 November 2019

• 03:5003:50, 9 November 2019 diff hist 0 m Luigi Palmieri Anno primo of this series was 1859 not 1869 (Worldcat.org)

21 April 2019

• 01:2701:27, 21 April 2019 diff hist +42 m List of Protestant missionaries in China →China Inland Mission: I added the Rev. Birch, whom I met in the mid 1960s on his return to Toronto, where he was living at 1058 Avenue Rd.

7 September 2018

• 20:1820:18, 7 September 2018 diff hist +81 m List of geologists added Charles Barrois, pioneering studies on chalk stratigraphy, winner Wollaston Prize, Bigsby Medal, Commander of the Legion d'honneur (France)

22 August 2016

• 14:0914:09, 22 August 2016 diff hist +3 Northwest Passage No edit summary
• 13:5613:56, 22 August 2016 diff hist −2 Northwest Passage No edit summary
• 13:5013:50, 22 August 2016 diff hist +77 Northwest Passage Factual error. The passage discovered by McClure was not the one navigated by Amundsen. Climate change is the driving factor in arctic shrinkage.

20 January 2016

• 21:5921:59, 20 January 2016 diff hist +4 m LeBreton Flats →References

7 January 2016

• 20:4820:48, 7 January 2016 diff hist −11 LeBreton Flats →A Land swindle?
• 20:2220:22, 7 January 2016 diff hist −7 LeBreton Flats →External links
• 20:2020:20, 7 January 2016 diff hist −50 LeBreton Flats →References
• 20:1920:19, 7 January 2016 diff hist +271 LeBreton Flats →External links
• 20:1220:12, 7 January 2016 diff hist +76 LeBreton Flats →References
• 20:0220:02, 7 January 2016 diff hist +864 LeBreton Flats →Land swindle: The land swindle has achieved the status of local legend, however the academic investigations reveal a more balanced, nuanced account.
• 19:3319:33, 7 January 2016 diff hist +71 John By →Life and career
• 19:2319:23, 7 January 2016 diff hist +77 John By →Life and career
• 19:1019:10, 7 January 2016 diff hist −337 John By →Family: By died in 1836. The deleted text referred to a third marriage after he died.

14 October 2015

• 04:2404:24, 14 October 2015 diff hist +148 Percy A. Taverner Added more info. The 1916 treaty was one of the more influentual conservation measures of the early 20th century.
• 03:5803:58, 14 October 2015 diff hist +393 Percy A. Taverner new information
• 03:4303:43, 14 October 2015 diff hist +47 m Percy A. Taverner In his early professional career he was known as Tavernier.

11 May 2015

• 03:3003:30, 11 May 2015 diff hist +36 Henry Wigstead No edit summary
• 03:2403:24, 11 May 2015 diff hist +8 Henry Wigstead No edit summary
• 03:2103:21, 11 May 2015 diff hist −4 Henry Wigstead No edit summary
• 03:2003:20, 11 May 2015 diff hist +479 m Henry Wigstead supplemental info

26 December 2014

• 19:1319:13, 26 December 2014 diff hist +5 Beaminster →Notable people
• 19:1019:10, 26 December 2014 diff hist +31 Beaminster →Notable people
• 19:0419:04, 26 December 2014 diff hist +134 m Beaminster →Notable people
• 18:5718:57, 26 December 2014 diff hist +250 m Beaminster →Notable people

26 October 2014

• 21:0621:06, 26 October 2014 diff hist +2 Felipe Poey →Works
• 21:0621:06, 26 October 2014 diff hist +80 m Felipe Poey →Works: added a publication

11 October 2014

• 02:5602:56, 11 October 2014 diff hist +72 Natural scientific research in Canada Franklin's "discovery" of the Northwest Passage is unsubstantiated, The Royal Society was founded in 1660, not the "eighteenth century."

1 August 2014

• 04:0904:09, 1 August 2014 diff hist +147 m George Moutard Woodward →Works: added a work

23 June 2014

• 13:3013:30, 23 June 2014 diff hist +78 List of early Canadian newspapers →Canada West (Ontario)

17 May 2014

• 23:3023:30, 17 May 2014 diff hist +200 Antoine-Charles Vauthier I will be adding substantial information about his life in the coming days.

13 May 2014

• 18:5718:57, 13 May 2014 diff hist +2 m Parliament Hill Corrected an error. The statue was unveiled on September 21, 1901.

5 May 2014

• 03:1103:11, 5 May 2014 diff hist +781 Cherry bounce new information added

1 December 2013

• 17:3417:34, 1 December 2013 diff hist −12 m Red Deer, Alberta →Name origin: This translation was correct for the times. Red deer and wapiti were not biologically recognized as separate species until very, very recently.

15 November 2013

• 04:3704:37, 15 November 2013 diff hist −84 Red Deer, Alberta →Name origin: The traders weren't confused. The red deer and wapiti (American Elk) were considered the same species until 2004. The injection of European Elk was not relevant. It is the same species as the Moose..

8 August 2013

• 18:4718:47, 8 August 2013 diff hist +164 m James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin →Canada

19 February 2013

• 23:2423:24, 19 February 2013 diff hist +269 m Allan Maclean of Torloisk →After colonial service: His rise on merit was noted by contemporaries and is recorded in his biographies. I own a long memo to Clinton setting out his repayment grievances..

8 May 2012

• 22:2622:26, 8 May 2012 diff hist +408 Ice hockey →History: the painting is well documented, unlike the reference to "early nineteenth century paintings" in Nova Scotia. The Franklin and Levinge records are also well documented

16 January 2012

• 18:1718:17, 16 January 2012 diff hist +65 George Fordyce →Career

10 May 2011

• 20:5620:56, 10 May 2011 diff hist +134 m Royal Proclamation of 1763 →Further reading: added a reference that describes the genesis of the Proclamation and the role of Henry Ellis in drafting it

5 May 2011

• 14:5614:56, 5 May 2011 diff hist −17 m William Fyfe (geochemist) Corrected to the name of the prize at the time it was awarded to Dr. Fyfe in 1992. The new series of prizes dedicated to Herzberg were first awarded in 2000.