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A fact from William Harvey Brown appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that American naturalist William Harvey Brown, who went to Africa to collect specimens, ended up fighting in two wars there?

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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 13:47, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that William Harvey Brown was known as "Curio Brown" for his work collecting specimens for the US National Museum of Natural History? "he was chief naturalist and specimen collector with a Smithsonian Institution expedition in South Africa, earning the nickname 'Curio Brown'" from: Kansas History. Kansas State Historical Society. 1981. p. 220.
- ALT1:... that American naturalist William Harvey Brown, who went to Africa to collect specimens, ended up fighting in two wars there? "After a short time spent on the west coast of Africa he went to Cape Town and in 1890 joined the British South Africa Company Pioneer Corps ... He took part in the Matabele war in 1893 and assisted in quelling the Mashonaland rebellion, in which he was quite severely wounded." from: "William Harvey Brown". Annals of Iowa. 11 (2): 234. 1913.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough, well referenced. Both hooks are interesting and cited. AGF for hook verification and close paraphrasing as I cannot access most sources (thanks for providing excerpts above). QPQ is done. Great work! 97198 (talk) 13:04, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: Hi. I came by to promote this, but I don't see in the article that he fought in two wars. He fought in one, and was wounded in the 1896-97 rebellion in Mashonaland, but it doesn't say he was a combatant. He could have been a civilian, caught in the fighting, from the current wording. Can you please clarify in the article that he was a combatant? The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:09, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi The Squirrel Conspiracy, no worries. I've reworded the article - Dumelow (talk) 20:21, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Restoring tick. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:22, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]