Talk:Robert Were Fox the Younger

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[edit] General questions

Over the past two days I've added material on Robert Were Fox the Younger. How about the following:

1. Are public-domain photographs of Fox available?
2. Is more known about Fox's early life, such as his education? <<REPLY>> Home educated.VW
3. Can more be said about his inventions, such as the Fox dip circle? (A good idea from Vernon White, mentioned on my talk page.)
4. Is a picture of Fox's gravesite available? <<REPLY>>I Hope to gain access to the Budock Burial Ground soon.VW
5. Are there any memorials to Fox at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society? <<REPLY>> I don't think so, but the oroginal dipping needle is said to be there. VW

I'm thousands of miles from Cornwall, and haven't visited in 20 years (unfortunately). Someone closer in location than me probably would be better able to answer the above. - Astrochemist (talk) 15:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

There's a picture here [1], but I am unaware of the copyright status. DuncanHill (talk) 15:34, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

<<REPLIES>> by Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 15:56, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

There's a picture of a Fox Dip circle here [2] alongside Sir James Clark Ross, who used it to predict the position of the South Magnetic Pole. DuncanHill (talk) 16:10, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

And here is a Wikipedia image of Ross and the Circle,

. DuncanHill (talk) 16:11, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photograph of Fox

Older books sometimes include a sketch or photograph of the author. Perhaps a public-domain photo of Fox can be found in an old volume, or perhaps in an obituary. - Astrochemist (talk) 15:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Format of dates

Since Fox was English, should the format of this article's dates be day-month-year instead of month-day-year? I'm not familiar with Wikipedia's policy. - Astrochemist (talk) 01:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

For a discussion of dates see: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). Basically, don't sweat it, properly entered dates auto-fomat. --Ahc (talk) 03:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)