Talk:Robert Were Fox the Younger

General questions
Over the past two days I've added material on Robert Were Fox the Younger. How about the following: I'm thousands of miles from Cornwall, and haven't visited in 20 years (unfortunately). Someone closer in location than me probably would be better able to answer the above. - Astrochemist (talk) 15:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Are public-domain photographs of Fox available?
 * 2) Is more known about Fox's early life, such as his education?  <> Home educated.VW
 * 3) Can more be said about his inventions, such as the Fox dip circle?  (A good idea from Vernon White, mentioned on my talk page.)
 * 4) Is a picture of Fox's gravesite available? <>I Hope to gain access to the Budock Burial Ground soon.VW <> No gravestone for RW Fox at Budock.  The Burial Ground was vandalised in the 1970s and some stones broken.  Vernon White  . . . Talk 17:34, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Are there any memorials to Fox at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society? <> I don't think so, but the original dipping needle is said to be there. VW <> The Dipping Needle was exhibited at the recent Exhibition on the History of the Poly.  Vernon White  . . . Talk 17:34, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * There's a picture here, but I am unaware of the copyright status. DuncanHill (talk) 15:34, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * <> by Vernon White  . . . Talk 15:56, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * There's a picture of a Fox Dip circle here alongside Sir James Clark Ross, who used it to predict the position of the South Magnetic Pole. DuncanHill (talk) 16:10, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And here is a Wikipedia image of Ross and the Circle, [[Image:James Clark Ross.jpg|thumb]]. DuncanHill (talk) 16:11, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Photograph of Fox
Older books sometimes include a sketch or photograph of the author. Perhaps a public-domain photo of Fox can be found in an old volume, or perhaps in an obituary. - Astrochemist (talk) 15:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * After lots of searching I finally uncovered a public-domain picture of Fox. I've added it to the article, but I wonder if a better copy can be found. - Astrochemist (talk) 13:02, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Format of dates
Since Fox was English, should the format of this article's dates be day-month-year instead of month-day-year? I'm not familiar with Wikipedia's policy. - Astrochemist (talk) 01:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * For a discussion of dates see: Manual of Style (dates and numbers). Basically, don't sweat it, properly entered dates auto-fomat. --Ahc (talk) 03:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I resisted the temptation to change the dates for almost a year. I just now altered their format for consistency with the article's text. - Astrochemist (talk) 13:54, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Infobox
I just now added an infobox for Fox, patterned after the one on Richard Trevithick's page. Checking of the entries will be appreciated. - Astrochemist (talk) 19:18, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the infobox

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