Talk:Bernard Pitt

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:51, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

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Bernard Pitt

• ... that a study of Anglo-Saxon literature begun by Bernard Pitt (pictured) in 1914 was completed by a colleague after he was killed in the First World War? Source: "The war has left is mark on this book. Five years ago I started to work at it with Bernard Pitt, late lieutenant in the Border Regiment, and we gave all our spare time in the winter months of 1914-15 to a review of the whole corpus of Anglo-Saxon literature ... We had just completed our survey and made a tentative list of contents, when Pitt , who thought "all is naught compared with the war," accepted a commission in the army . A year later, on the 30th of April 1916, he was killed in France" from the preface of the work: Wyatt, Alfred J. (August 2013). An Anglo-Saxon Reader. Cambridge University Press. p. v. ISBN 978-1-107-65871-4.
  • ALT1: ... that the widow of Bernard Pitt (pictured) was told his body had been completely obliterated by an explosion in 1916, unusual for a period in which euphemism was employed in notification letters? Source: "An official missive would tell of a noble soldier or officer who, in fulfilling his duty to the fatherland on the field of honour, had died a quick, painless and above all heroic death ... the truth it was felt would only make the loss harder to bear ... only rarely would relatives read of the harsh reality, like Bernard Pitt's widow. He had been killed in an explosion. 'We have been unable to find a trace of him since'" from: Bergen, Leo van (15 April 2016). Before My Helpless Sight: Suffering, Dying and Military Medicine on the Western Front, 1914–1918. Routledge. p. 409. ISBN 978-1-317-17569-8.
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  • Comment: Potentially a good one to run on Remebrance Day (11 November) or Remembrance Sunday (13 November)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:20, 28 October 2022 (UTC).

• Article is new enough (created 10/28), long enough, and well sourced. Earwig shows 24.2% similarity with the Brunel piece, but that's mostly because of a long quote that is properly attributed. I can't access the source for alt0 but the quote provided supports the hook, and GF is assumed. Both hooks are interesting, short enough, and in-line cited. QPQ completed. Cbl62 (talk) 17:50, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
  • @Dumelow: for ALT0, was it completed by the colleague, or just collected and published? And who is the colleague? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 10:29, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

    Hi theleekycauldron. I named him in the article (Alfred J. Wyatt), he may well be notable (though as far as I can tell this is his only publication) but doesn't have an article so didn't mention him in the hook. You can find the full text of the book's dedication here at Archive.org. Pitt worked on it with Wyatt in 1914-15 but doesn't seem to have got much past a literature review. The work was then completed by Wyatt, who is credited as the sole author - Dumelow (talk) 06:37, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

    @Dumelow: if that's the case, I'm not quite seeing that reflected in the article – could you add that information? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 09:38, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi theleekycauldron, certainly but I can't work out which bit is missing, could you give me a pointer? I currently have:

"In the Winter of 1914/15 Pitt worked with Alfred J. Wyatt on a review of Anglo-Saxon literature. Before the conclusion of the work Pitt decided to join the British Army, noting at the time that "all is naught compared with the war". The Anglo-Saxon study was completed by Wyatt and published as An Anglo-Saxon Reader in 1919.[5]"

In the last paragraph of "Early life and career" - Dumelow (talk) 10:00, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Ah! I confused his literature review with his poetry. Such is the hazard of doing prep work so late at night. my apologies :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 10:02, 15 November 2022 (UTC)