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A fact from Edward Knowles (Royal Navy officer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Francis Cotes's portrait of Edward Knowles (pictured) was painted after Knowles had disappeared at sea?

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General Biography?[edit]

I am unsure what the citation General biography means. Could someone please give more information on the work? This usually includes an author's name, Sadads (talk) 09:22, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are birth & death dates correct? -was he really commanding a ship and dying at 17? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.178.112.105 (talk) 17:15, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]