Template:Did you know nominations/Chester Wilson Emmons

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:21, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Chester Wilson Emmons

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Chester Wilson Emmons

• ... that in 1934, Chester W. Emmons (pictured) proposed that some fungi should be defined according to their structure, not the resulting fungal infection? "In his first medical publications, Emmons proposed redefining the genera of the main fungal causes of skin infection Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton. His approach was to use their morphologies, rather than their pathological effects, pioneering what became the preferred method"...[1]
  • ALT1:... that in 1936, Chester W. Emmons (pictured) became the first mycologist at the National Institutes of Health?
  • ALT2:... that the National Institutes of Health's first mycologist Chester W. Emmons (pictured) demonstrated that fungal infections were common and widespread?

• Reviewed: Macrotermes michaelseni
• Comment: Still doing some work on article

Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 11:50, 20 June 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I cannot do a search on one of the sources, so I shall take that as AGF. Otherwise it's all fine, and a worthwhile article. Thank you for this. Just one point, which does not affect DYK: I think that the Later life and Personal and family sections should be swapped around, as they are chronologically confusing as they stand. Just my opinion. (done) Storye book (talk) 13:43, 23 June 2021 (UTC)