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Wikipedia's entry on William Bradford cites his birthdate as May 20, 1663 and his death as May 23, 1752. That'd make him 89.
His gravestone notes his birth-year as 1660 and records that he "departed this Life May 23 1752 aged 92 Years".
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Gravestone info noted. However, most sources give birth year as 1663. If 1660 is to be given as his birth year, the discrepancy with other major sources should be noted in the text. Thisdaytrivia (talk) 18:25, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Add a gallery of images of the works of Bradford? There are a number of maps of his on commons.
@Wil540 art: I will be glad to make a gallery of works, however I can't seem to locate those maps you mention. Can you give me a clue under what Category they might be in. Thanks --Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:54, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"He was associated with William Penn and George Fox; founder of the Quakers." This statement could be extended and explained more or left out entirely.
"He published a booklet in 1689 composed by Quaker missionary George Keith titled The Presbyterian and Independent Visible Churches in New England, according to historian Isaiah Thomas that owned a copy was the oldest known book printed in Philadelphia." Second half of this sentence is awkward and confusing, perhaps it can be cleared up or made into two sentences.
"This incident was an early test of freedom of the press, for the people of Pennsylvania should have been allowed to know their rights and privileges with their laws." The phrasing of this sentence is off and unclear.
"He had sent his wife and two infant sons to England and was making preparations to follow to become the replacement printer for Sowel who had died." Was he doing more than being the replacement printer? Wasn't he taking over his whole business?
"Bradford is best known as the founder of the press in the Middle colonies of the Thirteen Colonies." A clarifying word or two would help. the ___ press? The first press? The busiest.
"Some of the works composed by Keith's cohorts hurled against the Quakers" This could be expanded upon and explained a little. Where was the anti-Quaker sentiment coming from?
"He was the governor's printer in the province of New York for three decades." Between what dates? This could be expanded upon considering the depth and detailing of his similar position in NJ.
"He was in this post until 1718 and paid a salary of between £20 (1718) (equivalent to £2,940 or US$3,750 in 2019)[30] and £30 (1718) (equivalent to £4,420 or US$5,640 in 2019)" Salary range could be shortened and averaged.
"Bradford published the first number of the New-York Gazette on October 16, 1725, the first newspaper printed in the province of New York[33] and printed it between 1725 and 1744." Awkward phrasing.
"He trained several apprentices that including John Peter Zenger, James Parker, Henry DeForest, and his son Andrew Bradford; who was himself the person that originated four generations of printers and publishers." Awkward phrasing, unclear what the second half sentence is supposed to mean.
@Doug Coldwell: Very nicely done. Just re-read the whole article. Great research and editing. Interesting subject. Once again, great job fleshing this article out with solid sources. You edited every issue I brought up. Perhaps one day if a collection of his printed material gets uploaded to commons, a gallery could be added. HNY! Will promote now. --Wil540 art (talk) 00:23, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment
I will conduct a review of all of Doug Coldwell's edits in the table below. I ran the page through Earwig Copyvio and nothing major popped up, just one quote: here
Doug Coldwell's edits
Edit date
Content
Copy vio checked
12:35, November 20, 2013
adding James Parker (publisher) to see also list
No vio
12:15, January 31, 2014
adding list of other colonial printers
No vio
12:33, January 31, 2014
adding publisher to see also list
No vio
13:14, January 31, 2014
removed POV
No vio
12:45, February 1, 2014
adding Ben Franklin to see also list
No vio
11:33, January 7, 2022
adding content authors published by Bradford
No vio
11:39, January 7, 2022
C/E
No vio
11:43, January 7, 2022
C/E
No vio
11:44, January 7, 2022
removing citations
No vio
11:48, January 7, 2022
adding info on retirement
No vio
11:55, January 7, 2022
updating dates
No vio
11:58, January 7, 2022
change title
No vio
12:01, January 7, 2022
Copy edit
No vio
12:43, January 7, 2022
replaces equation with hard numbers
No vio
12:51, January 7, 2022
replaces province of NY with New York Gazette
Unsure (no citation)
12:59, January 7, 2022
specified state
No vio
14:56, January 7, 2022
add citation
No vio
stopped at →Later life and death: inscription of his tombstone
@Chipmunkdavis and Wil540 art: Earwig is inadequate to detect DC issues; the last time I checked it, this article still had issues. This is the DC foundational edit, before which the article should probably be reverted, yet it's not listed above. More than a month has passed now since WP:DCGAR; when will the GAR be submitted ? If you need more time, please say so; otherwise, I will be happy to submit the GAR myself and do the review, but please do not think that relying on Earwig will work for DC content. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:30, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]