Template:Did you know nominations/Geoffrey Kirk

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The result was: promoted by DanCherek (talk) 15:58, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Geoffrey Kirk

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• ... that Geoffrey Kirk captained a fishing boat before becoming a professor of ancient Greek at Cambridge University? Source: He served in the Levant schooner flotilla, eventually captaining one of the caiques (Greek fishing boat) that carried out dangerous missions in occupied waters, including several landings in Greece. Easterling (2004)

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Created by Modussiccandi (talk). Self-nominated at 20:48, 5 March 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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good article, long enough, well-referenced, no copy-vios detected. The hook is cited-inline / interesting. QPQ done. Good to go! Ashleyyoursmile! 16:30, 6 March 2021 (UTC)