Talk:Horton Davies
Horton Davies is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) at 22:09, 29 June 2024 (UTC) Anyone who has not contributed significantly to (or nominated) this article may review it according to the good article criteria to decide whether or not to list it as a good article. To start the review process, click start review and save the page. (See here for the good article instructions.) Short description: Protestant minister and historian (1916–2005) |
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A fact from Horton Davies appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that ten years after publishing a book about Great South African Christians, Horton Davies (pictured) gave a speech criticizing South African churches for their role in Apartheid? Source:
Great South African Christians, Oxford University Press, 1951
(verifying the book was published in 1951), in "Horton (Marlais) Davies", in Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (September 28, 2005);Speaking on "The Church in South Africa: a Warning."
andClearly the churches and the synagogues must take some responsibility for the situation as they are the guardian of the nation's conscience," he said
("he" being Horton Davies, verifying his criticism of South African churches in 1961) "Church Role in S. Africa Outlined", The Morning Call, May 11, 1961, p. 10- ALT1: ... that during World War II, Horton Davies (pictured) was minister to a church in "Flying Bomb Alley", a part of London nicknamed for the many bombs dropped on it? Source:
During the war Professor Davies underwent what he calls his "baptism of fire" while a minister in the section of London called "Flying Bomb Alley" because it received a record number of bombs per square mile
, in "The Clergy in Fiction", Oklahoma City Star, October 30, 1959, p. 6. - ALT2: ... that Horton Davies (pictured) earned a bachelor's degree after earning a master's degree? Source:
Education: University of Edinburgh, M.A., 1937, B.D., 1940
, in "Horton (Marlais) Davies", in Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (September 28, 2005) - Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Adnan_al-Bursh
- Comment: For clarity on ALT2, Davies probably also earned a different Bachelor's degree (a BA in English, as he's described in a source written by his wife, which I did not cite in the article as being too close to the subject, as having been an English major) before his MA; his BD, or Bachelor in Divinity, though, was earned after his MA, according to Gale Literature.
- ALT1: ... that during World War II, Horton Davies (pictured) was minister to a church in "Flying Bomb Alley", a part of London nicknamed for the many bombs dropped on it? Source:
Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 03:37, 28 June 2024 (UTC).
- Approving all hooks on good faith, pref. ALT0 and ALT1. Article is long enough and created same day as DYK nom. Article is well-sourced, presentable, and free from copyvio (where possible, hits on book titles and such). Hooks are sourced, though blocked by login, and the first two hooks are interesting; ALT2 is okay but not particularly eye-catching. Image meets criteria. Thank you for your nomination Hydrangeans! Kimikel (talk) 21:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
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