Talk:Leslie Webster (art historian)

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A fact from Leslie Webster (art historian) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 May 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Leslie Webster spent her entire career at the British Museum? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2018/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leslie E. Webster.

Very nice to see this! One query re: "assistant keeper of the Department of Medieval Antiquities.[1] In 1969 she moved to the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities (later renamed the Department of Medieval and Modern Europe), serving as assistant keeper until 1985," - wasn't this just the departments getting renamed and reorganized around her? Johnbod (talk) 14:01, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good point Johnbod, I've rephrased and added to it. David M. Wilson published a great flowchart of the evolution of the departments in his 2002 book, which is updated on page 5 here. By the way, should the other L. Webster be Leslie Webster (Australian politician), or just Leslie Webster (politician)? --Usernameunique (talk) 14:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - well, the disam police will fix that if necessary. That pdf is a pleasant walk down memory lane, though one regrets having missed so many! A bot will fix those redirects before too long, btw, & of course they already redirect. Johnbod (talk) 14:44, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]