Talk:Gilbert Ralston

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Stephen Gilbert and Gilbert Ralston
It is often written that Gilbert Ralston wrote Ratman's Notebook under the alias Stephen Gilbert. But when I look here both men have different dates of death. How come? -- 95.90.34.31 (talk) 08:27, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Now there is an addition stating that they where not the same person. However, ther is no source at all. If someone can make clear whether they where the same person or not I'd be thankful. -- 188.195.195.198 (talk) 12:57, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

They were not the same person. Someone at some point in the past has put two and two together and got five. Stephen Gilbert was born in 1912 and died in 2010. I do not know when Gilbert Ralston was born, but I suspect the date quoted here is wrong (as the birth information in this article is that of Stephen Gilbert). Please see these sources for information about Stephen Gilbert: http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/InformationServices/TheLibrary/FileStore/Filetoupload,200248,en.pdf http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/stephen-gilbert-writer-who-was-lauded-by-forster-but-is-best-known-for-a-lurid-novel-about-rats-2016352.html http://verbalon.com/magazine/images/pdf-edition/verbal_14.pdf - MF — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.220.110.208 (talk) 16:57, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

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