Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Scholars/Chris troutman

Chris troutman

Chris troutman (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside in 2014-15, focusing on biographies of historically significant scientists and academics.

Highlights

• Chris created 20 new biographies of prominent scientists and academics and created or improved a total of 25 articles.
• 21 of the 25 articles Chris worked on appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did You Know?" section. For example, did you know...

• "... that the engineering professor Morrough Parker O'Brien is considered the founder of modern coastal engineering?"
• "... that Harry Scott Smith coined the term 'biological control' in 1919?"

Media

• Wikipedia’s Visiting Scholar: Chris Troutman - UCR Libraries News and Events (27 May 2015)
• What happens when you give a Wikipedia editor a research library? - Wikimedia Foundation blog (17 March 2015)