Talk:Charlotte Eyton

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A fact from Charlotte Eyton appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 September 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that English amateur geologist Charlotte Eyton wrote a number of papers and pamphlets on the geology of the Wrekin, a part of Shropshire, between 1862 and 1870?

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The result was: promoted by DimensionalFusion talk 10:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that English amateur geologist Charlotte Eyton wrote a number of papers and pamphlets on the geology of the Wrekin, a part of Shropshire, between 1862 and 1870?

Source: Charlotte Eyton, the daughter of Thomas Campbell Eyton, a well-known Shropshire naturalist, published six notes and papers (mainly concerning investigations of glacial formations) in the Geological Magazine between 1866 and 1870; she also wrote a monograph, Notes on the Geology of North Shropshire (1869). reference - Creese and Creese, 1994, p 10 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4027579?seq=10

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Created by Chaiten1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Chaiten1 (talk) 10:34, 18 August 2024 (UTC).[reply]

There don't seem to be any major issues with this article, although I do wonder if the mere fact that an amateur geologist wrote geological papers is really all that interesting... KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 04:56, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you - fair point, but actually it was rare for women (and for amateurs) to publish papers in scientific journals, so this is the reason that it is interesting, or at least notable. Chaiten1 (talk) 07:31, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't seem immediately obvious to the lay reader. And is that mentioned in the article/sources? Otherwise there may be a hint of OR in there. Cheers, KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 10:45, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This wider context is in the cited reference (Creese and Creese,https://www.jstor.org/stable/4027579) which describes the British women who contributed to geological research in the 19th century, and highlights the contributions of independent/amateur women to the field in the mid-1800s. Chaiten1 (talk) 11:14, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New and long enough, well-referenced, hook is interesting enough, QPQ done. AGF for the offline sources. KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 05:00, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]