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Our article Trouble House Halt railway station says "On 4 April 1964, the last day of operation, when the last passenger train from Tetbury arrived at Trouble House Halt, a coffin was loaded onto the train by bowler-hatted mourners. It had been made by the landlord of the pub together with his brother, covered with inscriptions and filled with empty whisky bottles. On arrival at Kemble, the coffin was transferred to a train for Paddington, addressed to Richard Beeching". Do we know what happened to the coffin? Thanks, DuncanHill ( talk) 11:40, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
I asked a question @ Talk:Edmund Kean#Date of birth, but it has not exactly taken the interest of the world by storm.
Essentially, the same source for the date we have (4 November 1787) also gave an alternative date (17 March 1789). That later date appears in many online searches, without any mention of the earlier one. And vice-versa.
Has this ever been resolved? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:54, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
...scarcely possible to imagine the year of his birth to have been later than 1787.
Notwithstanding certain lausibilities to the contrary the parentage and birth-place of Edmund Kean are not involved in the slightest uncertainty. He was born on the 4th of November, 1787.
So far as there seems to be any weight of opinion in this none-too-important matter, that weight is for 1787
...certainly 17th March, and the year was very probably 1789
I have accepted Professor Hillebrand's assessment...
Kean, Edmund (1787–1833), actor, was born on 4 November 1787 [...] Kean's date of birth and parentage have both been disputed.Chuntuk ( talk) 16:06, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
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Our article Trouble House Halt railway station says "On 4 April 1964, the last day of operation, when the last passenger train from Tetbury arrived at Trouble House Halt, a coffin was loaded onto the train by bowler-hatted mourners. It had been made by the landlord of the pub together with his brother, covered with inscriptions and filled with empty whisky bottles. On arrival at Kemble, the coffin was transferred to a train for Paddington, addressed to Richard Beeching". Do we know what happened to the coffin? Thanks, DuncanHill ( talk) 11:40, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
I asked a question @ Talk:Edmund Kean#Date of birth, but it has not exactly taken the interest of the world by storm.
Essentially, the same source for the date we have (4 November 1787) also gave an alternative date (17 March 1789). That later date appears in many online searches, without any mention of the earlier one. And vice-versa.
Has this ever been resolved? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:54, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
...scarcely possible to imagine the year of his birth to have been later than 1787.
Notwithstanding certain lausibilities to the contrary the parentage and birth-place of Edmund Kean are not involved in the slightest uncertainty. He was born on the 4th of November, 1787.
So far as there seems to be any weight of opinion in this none-too-important matter, that weight is for 1787
...certainly 17th March, and the year was very probably 1789
I have accepted Professor Hillebrand's assessment...
Kean, Edmund (1787–1833), actor, was born on 4 November 1787 [...] Kean's date of birth and parentage have both been disputed.Chuntuk ( talk) 16:06, 19 October 2021 (UTC)