Template:Did you know nominations/Rudyerd Boulton


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:43, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Rudyerd Boulton

 * ... that Rudyerd Boulton named Laura's woodland warbler after his wife? "Rud named a species for Laura, Phylloscopus laurae, known in English as Laura's (or Mrs Boulton's) woodland warbler"]
 * ALT1:... that Rudyerd Boulton and his wife, Laura, made the first ever recordings of the calls of African tropical birds? "The Boultons also used the equipment to make the first-ever recordings of Afro-tropical bird calls"
 * ALT2:... that ornithologist Rudyerd Boulton served in the Secret Intelligence Branch of the Office of Strategic Services during the Second World War?
 * ALT3:... that Rudyerd Boulton sold works by Picasso, Chagall, Kandinsky and Klee to fund his charitable foundation? "Rud wrote back with promises to do so, but he cashed in on Inez's art collection instead, shipping 13 paintings to Sotheby's in London. Kandinsky's, 'Ludwigskirche in Munich' (1908) sold first for £12,000, which came to US$33,600. Rud did not inform Schmidt about the disposal of the remaining paintings, including one of Paul Klee's letter paintings (it was an upper case 'E'), a nude by Chagall, and a 1905 print by Picasso called 'Salome and Herod'."
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Barbara Everitt Bryant
 * Comment: All sources cited above are from:

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:29, 21 October 2017 (UTC).


 * Will review. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:28, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Substantial bio, on few but good sources, no copyvio obvious. Of the hooks, I like ALT1 about the first recordings especially, charming, and close to his interests. - In the article, I find a few sentences a bit awkward. Example: "married the ethnomusicologist Laura Boulton (then known as Laura Crayton)." I'd say: "married the ethnomusicologist Laura Crayton." I don't know how to phrase that he found a so far unknown bird and named it after his wife. In the infobox, I'd try to separate common name, birth name and nickname, but no problem if you don't. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:42, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda. The article had been sat in my sandbox for more than a year so has been pieced together at different times (only just getting back into editing after a long break).  I made a couple of tweaks to the article which have hopefully improved it.  All the best - Dumelow (talk) 20:35, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you. - I am sure that you'll find some projects for the talk page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 22 October 2017 (UTC)