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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:02, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
... that Andrew Planta translated psalms into Italian, wrote a thesis in Latin, preached in German, was reader to the Queen of England and became a Fellow of the Royal Society? Source: Most of this is in de Beer, some detail in Hartmann.
ALT1: ... that Swiss-born Andrew Planta was pastor of an Italian-speaking congregation and a German-speaking congregation before becoming librarian at the British Museum? Source: de Beer, pp. 11-12: [1]
Comment: Better hook suggestions welcome. Did you know that we had articles about this FRS in Latin and Rumantsch? And that we have articles about two of his daughters, who taught English to princesses, in Latin only?
Created by Kusma (talk). Self-nominated at 23:05, 27 November 2022 (UTC).
Overall: @Kusma: Good article. Will have to assume good faith on the german sources. Didn't even realize we had a latin wikipedia. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:28, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
@Kusma and Onegreatjoke: Personally, I found the misreporting rather fascinating; how about something like this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) 12:38, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
ALT2: ... that despite published scholarship to the contrary, Andrew Planta never received a doctorate nor taught mathematics at Erlangen?
that hook is fine. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:38, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
I am sure this is true, and I have one article explicitly stating the other claims are wrong, and some of the best recent scholarship ([2]) does not repeat any of the wrong claims. I would suggest to add his FRS or his position as British Museum librarian, but it is fine. As to misreported fascinating things, wait for my articles about his daughters Eliza and Elizabeth, who were involved in one of the greatest scandals of 18th century London (about the marriage and divorce of Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, an ancestress of Elizabeth II's mother). In one of my sources, all it says about the six daughters is "Aber Mädchen galten zu jener Zeit so wenig, dass sich die Chronisten inbezug auf deren Vornamen, ihr Alter und ihre Geburts- und Sterbensdaten widersprüchlich äussern." (But girls were valued so little in that time that the chronists disagree on their names, ages, and birth and death dates). Four of the six are notable :) —Kusma (talk) 17:15, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
Ooh! I look forward to reading what you come up with, Kusma :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 11:08, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
@Kusma: Good article. 
Will have to assume good faith on the german sources. Didn't even realize we had a latin wikipedia. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:28, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Personally, I found the misreporting rather fascinating; how about something like this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) 12:38, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
that hook is fine. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:38, 14 December 2022 (UTC)