Template:Did you know nominations/Asa Binns

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:20, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Asa Binns

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... that Asa Binns was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers but died before he could take up the office? "died at Newbury, Berkshire, on the 2nd July, 1946 ... His election as President was reported by the Council at the Annual General Meeting on the 4th June, 1946, and his term of office would have commmenced in November, 1946" from: "Obituary, Asa Binns, 1873-1946". Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 26 (8): 541. October 1946. doi:10.1680/ijoti.1946.13703. ISSN 0368-2455.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dieppe Raid

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 16:54, 8 June 2020 (UTC).

New enough (moved to mainspace and nominated June 8), long enough (3,500~ chars), neutral, cites sources, passes Earwig and eye tests for plagiarism. Hook is short enough, cited, and interesting. QPQ present. No image. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:10, 10 June 2020 (UTC)