User contributions for Tithon

21 November 2024

• 18:1118:11, 21 November 2024 diff hist −1 m He never married →Usage: Correction: homosexuality was illegal in Scotland until 1981 current

22 September 2024

• 00:3200:32, 22 September 2024 diff hist +31 m Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn →Family: correcting link to more relevant page

29 June 2024

• 23:0223:02, 29 June 2024 diff hist +1 John Hunter (consul-general) Daughter Margaret Congalton Hunter was born in 1799, which is after first wife Margaret Congalton's death (1791) current
• 22:5922:59, 29 June 2024 diff hist −2 Basil Hall Undid revision 1231728532 by Tithon (talk) I had taken information from the article on John Hunter (Consul-General), but on further examination, it appears that the error was in that article. Tag: Undo
• 22:5222:52, 29 June 2024 diff hist +2 Basil Hall →Marriage: from information in article on John Hunter (Consul-General) Tag: Reverted

26 June 2024

• 22:5922:59, 26 June 2024 diff hist −4 m Sparta →Archaeology of the classical period: Remove link to Eurotas (the person) as this refers to the Eurotas River, already linked

10 June 2024

• 22:2522:25, 10 June 2024 diff hist −87 William Wallace (mathematician) William's son William was aged 60, not 80, when he died in 1864 (gravestone probably misread). He was the son of Janet Kerr. current

28 March 2024

• 00:2800:28, 28 March 2024 diff hist −10 m Florence St John Cadell Article referred to the wrong George Cadell. Colonel George Cadell was her great grandfather. Her father was an arboriculturalist.

1 March 2024

• 02:5502:55, 1 March 2024 diff hist +9 m John Hind (bishop in Fukien) Adding surname of his second wife, Winifred Heyworth (given in 'Glimpses Into the Past' reference

31 January 2024

• 00:1300:13, 31 January 2024 diff hist +303 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick Vining Vote to keep the article on Frederick Vining

26 October 2023

• 01:1401:14, 26 October 2023 diff hist +42 m Meredith Jemima Brown Adding link to her father

1 September 2023

• 11:1411:14, 1 September 2023 diff hist +33 m Lawrence Heyworth →Family and recognition: adding link to Richard Potter (businessman)

31 July 2023

• 16:2016:20, 31 July 2023 diff hist +26 m Henry William Tytler Added link to his son

23 July 2023

• 11:4111:41, 23 July 2023 diff hist +4 m Rhind Lectures adding link to David_Christison

25 June 2023

• 19:2119:21, 25 June 2023 diff hist +29 m John Clerk Maxwell of Middlebie Adding link to James Wedderburn (judge) current

5 June 2023

• 01:3601:36, 5 June 2023 diff hist +14 m James Coutts (MP) No edit summary

18 May 2023

• 19:5419:54, 18 May 2023 diff hist +335 Talk:George Murray (British Army officer) →Governor of Edinburgh Castle?: new section Tag: New topic

5 April 2023

• 22:2622:26, 5 April 2023 diff hist +70 m Talk:Jessie Mann added a sentence to clarify
• 22:2222:22, 5 April 2023 diff hist +762 Talk:Jessie Mann →The painter James Naysmith: new section Tag: New topic

7 March 2023

• 23:2323:23, 7 March 2023 diff hist −86 William Stark (architect) →Family: The reference replaced here (Dunfermline's 'Genius' Architect) erroneously states that Stark married George Thomson's sister. All other biographical sources intimate that he married Catherine, George Thomson's eldest daughter. The remainder is correct. current

4 March 2023

• 12:2212:22, 4 March 2023 diff hist −20 m Alexander Geddes Added link to Rathven

7 July 2022

• 20:1120:11, 7 July 2022 diff hist +1,099 Victory (1847 ship) →Voyages: Addition of voyage to Melbourne, Australia, 3 April 1849 to 19 July 1849

5 July 2022

• 00:1900:19, 5 July 2022 diff hist 0 m Hailes (ball game) →Rules: spelling error in first paragraph Tag: Manual revert
• 00:0600:06, 5 July 2022 diff hist −4 m Joseph Knight (novel) →Reception: Reverted previous edit as italics not used in original (quoted) article, though this could be an issue with font. Tag: Manual revert

4 July 2022

• 16:4516:45, 4 July 2022 diff hist +4 m Joseph Knight (novel) →Reception: 'Joseph Knight' italicised as it refers to the work and not the person. Tag: Reverted

18 June 2022

• 22:2022:20, 18 June 2022 diff hist −34 m William Reid (British Army officer) removed reference to schooling at the Edinburgh Academy: he was too old to have attended a school that was founded in 1824.

3 September 2021

• 11:3511:35, 3 September 2021 diff hist +234 m James Henry Skene Adding education at the Edinburgh Academy and citing reference
• 11:3211:32, 3 September 2021 diff hist +9 m List of people educated at Edinburgh Academy →Scientists, educators and academics: changing William Forbes Skene to James Henry Skene (see their Wikipedia entries)
• 11:2511:25, 3 September 2021 diff hist +258 m William Forbes Skene →Life: WFS was not educated at the Edinburgh Academy, although his younger brother, James Henry Skene (q.v.), was.

26 August 2021

• 14:5214:52, 26 August 2021 diff hist −2 m Catherine Osborne, Duchess of Leeds clarifying marriage and link to George Whyte-Melville

23 August 2021

• 23:1823:18, 23 August 2021 diff hist +4 m Halifax Minster →Organ: add Wikipedia link to Octagon Chapel, Bath

10 August 2021

• 21:4221:42, 10 August 2021 diff hist +9 m Edward Drummond-Hay (Royal Navy officer) Change around sentence regarding schooling
• 21:3221:32, 10 August 2021 diff hist −28 John Hay Drummond Hay →Early life: reorganise paragraph 2 and remove redundant citation

6 August 2021

• 22:3222:32, 6 August 2021 diff hist −3 m Jonathan Duncan Inverarity Correcting name order for Maria Martha and spelling error
• 22:2822:28, 6 August 2021 diff hist +246 Sir John Willoughby, 4th Baronet →Early life and family: adding eldest daughter; also c/f Wikipedia entry for Jonathan_Duncan_Inverarity

3 August 2021

• 00:4300:43, 3 August 2021 diff hist +169 Edinburgh Academy →Other Notable Staff: adding D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
• 00:2600:26, 3 August 2021 diff hist +4 Edward Drummond-Hay (Royal Navy officer) No edit summary
• 00:2200:22, 3 August 2021 diff hist +305 Edward Drummond-Hay (Royal Navy officer) adding first school plus reference
• 00:1200:12, 3 August 2021 diff hist +259 John Hay Drummond Hay →Early life: adding first school plus reference

18 July 2021

• 23:5023:50, 18 July 2021 diff hist +18 m Jonathon Band →References: adding link to Mark Stanhope, succeeding First Sea Lord Tag: Reverted
• 23:4523:45, 18 July 2021 diff hist +18 m Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy officer) →External links: adding link to Julian Oswald, preceding First Sea Lord Tag: Reverted
• 23:4123:41, 18 July 2021 diff hist +19 m Terence Lewin →Further reading: adding link to Edward Ashmore, preceding First Sea Lord Tag: Reverted
• 23:3823:38, 18 July 2021 diff hist +18 m Edward Ashmore →Further reading: adding link for Terence Lewin, succeeding First Sea Lord Tag: Reverted

26 June 2021

• 20:5020:50, 26 June 2021 diff hist 0 m Archibald Ramsay Douglas Correcting birth date in text

24 February 2021

• 01:4001:40, 24 February 2021 diff hist −1 m David Cousin →Family: minor edit (typographical error)

6 December 2020

• 22:4122:41, 6 December 2020 diff hist +58 m John Crommelin-Brown updating education and adding category
• 09:4709:47, 6 December 2020 diff hist +55 m List of people educated at Edinburgh Academy →Authors, poets and dramatists: addition of John Crommelin-Brown
• 09:3409:34, 6 December 2020 diff hist +14 m List of people educated at Edinburgh Academy Correct link from Chris Dean to Chris Dean (rugby union)
• 09:2709:27, 6 December 2020 diff hist +302 m John Crommelin-Brown No edit summary

25 May 2020

• 00:1400:14, 25 May 2020 diff hist +4 m Hugh Blackburn →Life: adding definite article