Talk:Alden Partridge
Latest comment: 5 years ago by HopsonRoad in topic Conflicting birth dates
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Conflicting birth dates edit
@Billmckern: Two reliable sources in this article cite conflicting months of birth for Partridge:
What is the best way to deal with this? Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 15:07, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ Goddard, Merritt Elton; Partridge, Henry Villiers (1905). "Capt. Alden Partridge". A History of Norwich, Vermont. Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth Press. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- ^ Henry Barnard, ed. (1872). "Alden Partridge". The American Journal of Education. Vol. 23. F.C. Brownell. p. 833. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- @HopsonRoad: I just did some checking. I would have said that the Norwich, Vermont town birth record should be considered the best source. It says January. But Partridge's grave marker and the bio prepared by William Arba Ellis in his history of Norwich University both say February. Maybe it's safe to assume that his wife, who died long after him, and the author who knew more about Norwich University's first hundred years than anyone else knew what they were talking about and February is correct.
- Billmckern (talk) 17:13, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Billmckern: I suggest that we mention the conflicting dates in the "Early life" section. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 17:43, 20 February 2019 (UTC)