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Um, Acton was certainly English, not sure why we can't say so in the infobox? Chiswick Chap ( talk) 16:45, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
I'm having problems accessing the NPG site at the moment, but their description of the image dates it as 1803 - when Acton was four years old! We have the NPG version uploaded at File:Francis_Elizabeth_Acton.jpg. Given the dubious nature of the image, I think it's best not to use it. - SchroCat ( talk) 10:26, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
I'm curious by what standard or citation it's claimed that the 1845 cookbook is the first printed reference to Christmas pudding. A Christmas Carol contains such a reference and was printed in 1843. Sonar1313 ( talk) 00:04, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
See the discussion (permalink) in errors for an explanation of the failed verification tag by the assertion that her book was the first mention of Christmas Pudding. ~ ONUnicorn( Talk| Contribs) problem solving 20:31, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
I have removed the "first printed reference" claim from the lead as it is unsupported by the body. Andrew D. ( talk) 09:33, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
Surely it should be 'cookery book', the British English term, rather than 'cookbook', the American English one? Very interesting article btw, thank you to all involved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.97.109 ( talk) 06:57, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
Why is this edit wrong? Surtsicna ( talk) 20:16, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
@ SchroCat:
1. What is the right figure for the number of siblings : 5 or 9 ?
the eldest of the five children of John Acton and his wife, as written in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography on https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-73;jsessionid=55C8DB4304D8A9A10AF11660C5FC3BF8
While as u can read the second sentence of Early life section in the feature : She was the eldest of six sisters and three brothers born to John Acton, a brewer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Mercer.
So is it 5 or 9 ?
2. Mrs Acton or Miss Acton ?
Something is not clear in this featured article about who is the real Acton who has opened the BOARDING SCHOOL for YOUNG LADIES in Clayton, near Ipswich, in 1817 (if u're sure of the year).
Please look again carefully at the very first line of the Advertisement placed by Acton in The Ipswich Journal for her boarding school : as far as I’m concerned it’s written Miss Nicholson and Mrs Acton, I cannot read Miss Acton.
This means it’s Eliza’s mother, Elizabeth, who has opened the BOARDING SCHOOL for YOUNG LADIES, not Eliza, especially because the latter was only 18 years old in 1817, an age which I think is far too young to open and run a school… while also teaching, even with the help of another lady.
Thanks in advance for clarification on these two matters. -- Bibliorock ( talk) 04:58, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Eliza Acton is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | |||||||||||||
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Um, Acton was certainly English, not sure why we can't say so in the infobox? Chiswick Chap ( talk) 16:45, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
I'm having problems accessing the NPG site at the moment, but their description of the image dates it as 1803 - when Acton was four years old! We have the NPG version uploaded at File:Francis_Elizabeth_Acton.jpg. Given the dubious nature of the image, I think it's best not to use it. - SchroCat ( talk) 10:26, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
I'm curious by what standard or citation it's claimed that the 1845 cookbook is the first printed reference to Christmas pudding. A Christmas Carol contains such a reference and was printed in 1843. Sonar1313 ( talk) 00:04, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
See the discussion (permalink) in errors for an explanation of the failed verification tag by the assertion that her book was the first mention of Christmas Pudding. ~ ONUnicorn( Talk| Contribs) problem solving 20:31, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
I have removed the "first printed reference" claim from the lead as it is unsupported by the body. Andrew D. ( talk) 09:33, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
Surely it should be 'cookery book', the British English term, rather than 'cookbook', the American English one? Very interesting article btw, thank you to all involved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.97.109 ( talk) 06:57, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
Why is this edit wrong? Surtsicna ( talk) 20:16, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
@ SchroCat:
1. What is the right figure for the number of siblings : 5 or 9 ?
the eldest of the five children of John Acton and his wife, as written in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography on https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-73;jsessionid=55C8DB4304D8A9A10AF11660C5FC3BF8
While as u can read the second sentence of Early life section in the feature : She was the eldest of six sisters and three brothers born to John Acton, a brewer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Mercer.
So is it 5 or 9 ?
2. Mrs Acton or Miss Acton ?
Something is not clear in this featured article about who is the real Acton who has opened the BOARDING SCHOOL for YOUNG LADIES in Clayton, near Ipswich, in 1817 (if u're sure of the year).
Please look again carefully at the very first line of the Advertisement placed by Acton in The Ipswich Journal for her boarding school : as far as I’m concerned it’s written Miss Nicholson and Mrs Acton, I cannot read Miss Acton.
This means it’s Eliza’s mother, Elizabeth, who has opened the BOARDING SCHOOL for YOUNG LADIES, not Eliza, especially because the latter was only 18 years old in 1817, an age which I think is far too young to open and run a school… while also teaching, even with the help of another lady.
Thanks in advance for clarification on these two matters. -- Bibliorock ( talk) 04:58, 30 September 2020 (UTC)