Template:Did you know nominations/Humphrey Bradley
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:49, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
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Humphrey Bradley
[edit]- ... that in 1599 Henri IV of France appointed Humphrey Bradley maître des digues du royaume, or "master of dykes of the Kingdom", in effect a monopoly of all dyking and land reclamation work in France? Source: 1: Basil Morgan (2004). Bradley, Humphrey (fl. 1584–1625), designer of land drainage systems. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50333. (subscription required); 2: Lawrence Ernest Harris (1961). The Two Netherlanders: Humphrey Bradley and Cornelis Drebbel. Leiden: E.J. Brill, page 100.
- Reviewed: Le Nove porcelain
Created/expanded by Justlettersandnumbers (talk). Self-nominated at 21:40, 28 June 2019 (UTC).
Article is long enough, in date, well sourced, and meets all policies. Hook is confirmed in the sources and is interesting. It could be shortened by cutting it after "master of dykes of the Kingdom" to make it a little more tantalising perhaps, but no strong opinion, or desire to override the wishes of the nominator. QPQ has been done, no copyvio issues. Looks good to go. Spokoyni (talk) 11:20, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
