Talk:List of people from Bath

Eddie Cochran
I've restored the entry for Eddie Cochran. The page header says it's a list of famous people who are/were, amongst other things, "associated with the city." Eddie Cochran died in Bath and he's certainly famous, so I think he should be mentioned. Compare with Peter Gabriel, who doesn't live or work in Bath: he's in Box, which is several miles out of town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Steve.kimberley (talk • contribs)


 * It's a moot point really, of course more people associate Cochran with Chippenham due to the memorial and annual Eddie Cochran Music Festival, but his inclusion here shouldn't really be a cause for contention. Documentary evidence exists to show he died in Bath and unless the inclusion criteria for the article is changed then he should remain listed here. Foxhill 17:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks; that's my thinking, too. I used to work at St Martin's and there's a tree in the grounds dedicated by The Eddie Cochran Appreciation Society: I used to go and eat my lunch there sometimes. My eldest daughter was born there when it was still the maternity hospital, so I feel a certain connection with the place. User:Steve.kimberley 09.50 26 June 2007 (GMT)

Fashion
Who is Sophie Cramb? Who says she invented the miniskirt? I can find no reference to Sophie Cramb anywhere. Wikipedia's entry on the miniskirt credits, variously, Mary Quant, John Bates, André Courrèges and/or Helen Rose - no mention of a Sophie Cramb. Highly suspect, IMO. Steve.kimberley (talk) 22:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I have removed the entry for her. A google for "Sophie Cramb" only came up with this page or mirrors of it. DuncanHill (talk) 22:49, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

List of people from Bath
I'd have no problem with this article being entitled List of people associated with Bath but the title is clearly incorrect in using from. The unfortunate initial impression it gives as a spurious attempt to claim as many notable people as possible as natives, reaching ridiculous levels in the implication that e.g. Eddie Cochran was from Bath because he was brought there (for the first time?) for a few hours to breathe his last. Robert Adam certainly did a job of work there but even if he stayed in Bath while thus engaged, it's stretching it to imply he was from Bath. Van Morrison..?

Even the introduction hedges it's bets, initially implying it concerns "Bathonian(s)...somebody who comes from the city of Bath" but then contradicting the implication of the title to say it is actually a much wider group of people "born...educated...prominent in the life...otherwise associated with". A decision should be made as to which of the two it is. My preference would be to retain this wider article but correct the title, rather than cut out (otherwise interesting and notable) entries for those who are not genuinely from Bath just to accurately reflect the current title. Also, many of the entries lack and would benefit from a brief elaboration of the association with the city. Without this, the implication is that they were born or brought up there. Mutt Lunker (talk) 14:51, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Scope of this article & the need for references
I have started adding references to this list - please add other citations which include the persons links with the city. In the process I found that, as discussed above years ago, the list includes several people who have only slight if any links with the city. I feel the sentence in the lead "This article provides a non-exhaustive list of famous people born in Bath, educated there, prominent in the life of the city, or otherwise associated with the city." is far too broad. E.g should actors who have done one season at the Theatre Royal, or architects who have designed a building - but have not been born in Bath & have spent the majority of their lives/careers elsewhere, be included? I would suggest that many of the entries should be removed and short sentences added to each entry explaining what their link to Bath is. What do other editors think?&mdash; Rod talk 13:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

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