User:JohnD'Alembert
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Hi, I'm a UK academic specializing in the history of ancient Greek philosophy and science,
and do the occasional Wikipedia article on obscure, neglected subjects.
- Translated, revised, and expanded articles from the Wikipedia in German (4), French (1), and Swedish (1, with help of Google Translate).
- Created or thoroughly revised 4 articles (1 of which has been assessed a 'Good Article').
-- 2016 added section 'Plotinus's Relation to Plato' to article on Plotinus
-- 2016 translated the article on Plato's unwritten doctrines from the German Wikipedia.
-- 2016 revised and expanded the article on Harold F. Cherniss (1904-1987), historian of ancient Greek philosophy.
-- 2015 translated and expanded the article Jean de Serres (1540-1598, Plato scholar, etc.) from the French Wikipedia to try out Wikipedia's beta translation software.
-- 2015 translated the article E. N. Tigerstedt (1907–1979, Plato scholar, etc.) from Swedish Wikipedia and added section on his Plato scholarship
-- 2015: created the page Allegorical interpretations of Plato
-- 2015: translated the article on the Pseudo-Platonic Horoi from the German Wikipedia.
-- 2015: for history of science article on Al-Khazini, created wikimedia pdf and added links
-- 2014: translated the article Martin Schanz (1842–1914, classicist) from the German Wikipedia.
-- 2014: created the article Charles Graux (classicist) (1852–1882)
-- 2014: removed mistaken assertions that Charles Graux (politician) was the same as
the classicist from the English, German, and Dutch articles
-- 2014: translated the article Theodor Birt (1852–1933, classicist) from the German Wikipedia and
added some new sections
-- 2014: revised, expanded, and updated the article on stichometry,
(deleted old material copied from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica)