Talk:Arthur Stratton

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While Mr. Stratton was certainly a most honored teacher and guest during his years at Robert College, as his text reflects in his book on Sinan, there are certainly other wiki tags which should precede the "Turkey-related topic" tag I placed, and feel free to insert them. Can anyone also confirm the Category...added by the bot on 15 June? It would be improper to question that category openly. :) Cretanforever (talk) 22:04, 4 July 2008 (UTC) The link for the addition is: [1]

I had forgotten to add this article to my watchlist, and therefore had lost track of it a little. I am still without a clue as to whether the gentleman is still alive or not, category and template for "living persons" were added [2] but couldn't find any concrete info across the net. This link here provides descendancy information which may become useful once the above question is clarified. worked on 4 Dec. Regards. Cretanforever (talk) 07:18, 4 December 2009 (UTC) Cretanforever (talk) 17:54, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I've done some work on the page, and on balance I think he's dead. From the Library of Congress Catalog, I found Stratton's second name was Mills. A page here in Google's cache seems to supply some family details - presumably the Arthur Mills Stratton born on 21 June 1868 in Portsea Island, Portsmouth, died in 1916, a music hall performer known as 'Arthur Rudd', the son of John Stratton and Eliza Lydia Styles, was Stratton's father. Frances Cora Perce, whom the first A. M. Stratton married on 16 October 1902 in Kimberley, South Africa, appears to be our Stratton's mother, so perhaps his second middle name is Perce. Here is a "Gift of Barbara S. Bolling and Deborah S. Booker in memory of Arthur Mills Stratton" to the University of Missouri's Museum of Art and Archaeology. As the museum was founded in 1957, it seems likely that the gift was in memory of our Stratton, and not his father, but that clearly isn't certain. Moonraker2 (talk) 01:08, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the additions and the details on biography, descendancy and scholarship. Some links on the person still do not work but hopefully there will be some precision on his death soon. I will check through Robert College sources. Regards. Cretanforever (talk) 20:19, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

I suspect someone at Bowdoin has some kind of obituary. I beg your pardon, I don't quite follow that comment, which links don't work? Moonraker2 (talk) 20:33, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Solely for precision purposes, it's http://www.madagascar-library.com/r/129.htm%7Cit mentioned above Moonraker. It worked when I accessed it for the first time, but I receive an error 404 message now. It's not that important, if wikipedia or myself had to make a list of all links which went dead some time after they were referred to here, it would be a long one. Bringing myself back to the article content, It will indeed be useful if there is an electronic database or library where an obituary is available. Regards. Cretanforever (talk) 11:36, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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Cretanforever, given your doubts about including "wartime ambulance driver" in the list of Stratton's occupations, I've moved it into a separate paragraph; as it led to his being twice decorated for 'bravery under fire', I think it should be mentioned. Moonraker2 (talk) 05:11, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Moonraker. On the point you raised above, there is nothing unusual, there has always been a discreet relationship between intelligence services and creative writing. I have read, his book, and I think Stratton may end up acquiring notoriety on his own right as a writer though. Regards. Cretanforever (talk) 17:05, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

I have The Great Red Island, if that's the one you mean. I admit I'm curious about his novel. Moonraker2 (talk) 00:08, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

The one I have read it "Sinan". Parts of it could be slightly politically incorrect today but still very powerful prose and descriptions. Cretanforever (talk) 14:33, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:Mil Hist Assessment Commentary

This is a fairly well-written article, amply referenced, on an interesting and colorful figure of WWII. Give it an infobox, and I'll be happy to give it a B-class assessment. Boneyard90 (talk) 15:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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