Talk:Anders Spole

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A fact from Anders Spole appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 September 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Swedish astronomer Anders Spole, by the order of King Karl XI, travelled to Torneå and Kengis with Johannes Bilberg to study the midnight sun?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2016/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anders Spole.

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Posthumous Knighthood?[edit]

The article says he, his wife, and son were knighted in 1715. But Spole himself had been dead for over a decade then. Knighthoods are not usually given out posthumously. Eh? BigMac31 (talk) 06:07, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, it was his sons who were raised to the peerage. Have updated this now. 81.228.54.151 (talk) 18:59, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]