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As per [ this article] from the 1911 Britannica, Borrow was discovered dead in his home the day after his birthday in 1881. Hence, I put a tilde (~) preceding the date of death, demarking an approximation. Also, the article previously cited states that his home, where he was found, was in Oulton. Wikipedia has a disambiguation page pointing to several Oultons, all of them in Britain. Because Borrow was from Norfolk, it may be presumed that his Oulton was the one in the same county -- but he was a very well-travelled man, and I did not want to risk adding erroneous information to Wikipedia.
Infobox has been added and bio banner updated. Epousesquecido 18:30, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Did Borrow live at Oulton or Oulton Broad? Although both of these are now suburbs of Lowestoft, Suffolk, they are different and distinct places. There is quite some distance (say two or three miles at a guess) between Oulton and Oulton Broad - they do not border on each other. Edit: After clicking on Oulton, I found it redirects to Oulton Broad. This is mistaken. Oulton is or was a small village six km to the north which has now more or less been absorbed into Lowetoft. The two places are shown to be seperate, seperated places on maps such as Philips Street Atlas. 80.0.107.16 ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 12:36, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
I can see that the phrase horse whisperer may not have been current in the 1700's, but the methodology so described was certainly not a more recent innovation. RashersTierney ( talk) 16:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Why did anyone take the trouble to move his body to London after his death? His wife predeceased him, no children are mentioned, except a stepdaughter and her husband who lived with him in Oulton (Broad?). I suppose he was taken by train, did Lowestoft or Oulton have a railway line in those days, perhaps making it as quick to visit London or Norwich etc as it is now?
And if this is true "Borrow was discovered dead in his home the day after his birthday in 1881." then would it be worth adding to the article, and b) it implies that the given date of death is wrong. 80.0.109.171 ( talk) 23:01, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know how grand the estate was, where exactly it was, and if any of the buildings survive? Thanks. 80.0.109.171 ( talk) 23:08, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
The author of one section claims that references to 'insolent Yankees' in Havana is a disdain for 'American Cultural Imperialism' This strikes me as non-neutral, and uncited. Does Barrow ever refer to 'cultural imperialism?' or some 19th Century Analog? or is he simply some one who disliked Americans?
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As per [ this article] from the 1911 Britannica, Borrow was discovered dead in his home the day after his birthday in 1881. Hence, I put a tilde (~) preceding the date of death, demarking an approximation. Also, the article previously cited states that his home, where he was found, was in Oulton. Wikipedia has a disambiguation page pointing to several Oultons, all of them in Britain. Because Borrow was from Norfolk, it may be presumed that his Oulton was the one in the same county -- but he was a very well-travelled man, and I did not want to risk adding erroneous information to Wikipedia.
Infobox has been added and bio banner updated. Epousesquecido 18:30, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Did Borrow live at Oulton or Oulton Broad? Although both of these are now suburbs of Lowestoft, Suffolk, they are different and distinct places. There is quite some distance (say two or three miles at a guess) between Oulton and Oulton Broad - they do not border on each other. Edit: After clicking on Oulton, I found it redirects to Oulton Broad. This is mistaken. Oulton is or was a small village six km to the north which has now more or less been absorbed into Lowetoft. The two places are shown to be seperate, seperated places on maps such as Philips Street Atlas. 80.0.107.16 ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 12:36, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
I can see that the phrase horse whisperer may not have been current in the 1700's, but the methodology so described was certainly not a more recent innovation. RashersTierney ( talk) 16:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Why did anyone take the trouble to move his body to London after his death? His wife predeceased him, no children are mentioned, except a stepdaughter and her husband who lived with him in Oulton (Broad?). I suppose he was taken by train, did Lowestoft or Oulton have a railway line in those days, perhaps making it as quick to visit London or Norwich etc as it is now?
And if this is true "Borrow was discovered dead in his home the day after his birthday in 1881." then would it be worth adding to the article, and b) it implies that the given date of death is wrong. 80.0.109.171 ( talk) 23:01, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know how grand the estate was, where exactly it was, and if any of the buildings survive? Thanks. 80.0.109.171 ( talk) 23:08, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
The author of one section claims that references to 'insolent Yankees' in Havana is a disdain for 'American Cultural Imperialism' This strikes me as non-neutral, and uncited. Does Barrow ever refer to 'cultural imperialism?' or some 19th Century Analog? or is he simply some one who disliked Americans?
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