Template:Did you know nominations/William T. Stearn


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

William T. Stearn

 * ... that British botanist Professor William Stearn never attended university nor earned a degree, because his family were too poor? Source:Akeroyd 2006 "his by then widowed mother was unable to afford to send him to university and no grants were available in those days.

Improved to Good Article status by Michael Goodyear (talk). Self-nominated at 16:06, 8 February 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Recent GA. The article and hook are referenced. No copyright or neutrality issue detected. QPQ is not needed for this user. Good to go.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 21:35, 8 February 2017 (UTC)