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doubleshuffle · 10-27-2017, 01:51 AM

Great post, thanks a lot, Granny!

Just one caveat about birth and death dates on the Internet Archive: for lesser known folks, they are often quite unreliable. Most recent example for me was a book illustrator who, according to IA, died in 1898. He really died in 1925.

10-27-2017, 01:51 AM	#3
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Great post, thanks a lot, Granny! Just one caveat about birth and death dates on the Internet Archive: for lesser known folks, they are often quite unreliable. Most recent example for me was a book illustrator who, according to IA, died in 1898. He really died in 1925.