Talk:William Bradford

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This is going to be one of those two articles one man things. William Bradford was baptised in March 1589, presumably in what we now label March 1589/90, and so was born before that time. I'm taking what I've put at [[William Bradford (1589-1657)]] and putting it here, leaving a redirect to here, so that there's not TWO articles on the same guy. With articles at both [[William Bradford (1589-1657)]] and [[William Bradford (1590-1657)]] we probably won't generate additional articles... -- Someone else 05:44 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)

I'm curious; why not William Bradford (pilgrim) and William Bradford (printer)? It's a lot easier to remember. - Hephaestos 05:50 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)
I think probably because there were two William Bradford (printer)s. (I didn't set up the William Bradford disambiguation page, feel free to have a go at it<G>). -- Someone else 05:55 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)

There are at least four William Bradfords, I'm trying to sort them out. I'd like to keep the Pilgrim Bradford as 1590, but we ought to agree instead of tossing it back and forth. Bradford was born in Feb or March, and your baptism day is correct. But at that time in the British empire the year started on March 25th. Thats why many web sites list the date as 1589/90. As we would class it, the date is 1590. Many historic dates in the Jan-Mar time frame have had their year 'shifted' to allow continuity and timelines to make sense (since it was 1590 in France and Italy for example). My choice would be to leave a 1589 page as a redirect, show both dates on the disamiguation page, and leave the main article at 1590. Any thoughts? I won't shift things till I hear from you, Thanks, Lou I

I think I'll put a copy of this on the disambig page's Talk: in case other folks have ideas. I agree that's kind of a hairy mess with two printers; was one the son of the other? The dates make it look possible... - Hephaestos
Grandson, there was another printer in between, but fortunately he wasn't William. Lou I 07:15 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)
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