Talk:Francis Nicholson
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Colony and Dominion of Virginia, the Province of Maryland and the Province of South Carolina at various times during his career? |
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William and Mary question
The College of William and Mary was chartered in 1693. Nicholson did not move the capital of Virginia to Middle Plantation until 1705. Clearly he did not help found the College after the move, which is how the article currently reads. Could somebody with a little more knowledge on this subject please clarify? Also, was Nicholson ever married, and did he have any children? Gnosticdogma 01:51, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
answer to one question
He was a bachelor...It would seem that he could not have had a connection with the college but I couldn't confirm. Stormbay 01:28, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- "On July 25, 1690, Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson authorized several gentlemen to take subscriptions in Virginia for the proposed college" [1]. Apparently, he was involved to some extent prior to the move of the capital. --Gnosticdogma 18:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- That makes sense. Good work! Stormbay
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Reviewer: Pyrotec (talk) 18:50, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Initial comments
By now I've done a couple of "speed reads" of this article, but I've not checked of the the references in detail, and it looks to be at or about GA-level, so I will not be "quick failing" it.
I'm now going to start a more detailed review, section by section, but leaving the
- Early life and military service & Dominion lieutenant governor -
- These two sections look OK.
- Virginia and Maryland -
- This section looks OK.
.... Stopping for now. To be continued, later..... Pyrotec (talk) 16:54, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
- Queen Anne's War, Nova Scotia and South Carolina, Later life & Personality -
- These four sections look OK.
- WP:Lead-
- Rather "thin" for any article of this size, but since it both introduces the topic and provides a summary of the main point its probably just about sufficient.
Pyrotec (talk) 15:05, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Overall comments
A compreshensive, well referenced and well illustrated historical article.
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I'm awarding this article GA-status. Congratulations on producing an informative article. I suspect that this article may have potential as a
Calendar?
Were Gregorian and Julian calendar really a year apart in those days, or are the death date years given in this article simply a mistake? --WolfD59 (talk) 10:27, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
- The new year began on March 25 in the Julian calendar. As a result, dates between January 1 and March 25 fall in the year before that of the Gregorian calendar. Magic♪piano 12:10, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Use of "Sir"
It seems that many places of the article give him a knightly title, calling him "Sir Francis Nicholson". However, at the very end of the article there is a note that says that he was never actually knighted, and the claim that he was knighted was misattributed centuries after his death. If that is true, I believe that this article should consistently not use a title that neither he nor any of his contemporaries ever attributed to him LutherVinci (talk) 03:25, 22 August 2021 (UTC)