Template:Did you know nominations/Ormond Beatty

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 16:19, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Ormond Beatty

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Ormond Beatty

... that Ormond Beatty (pictured), an alumnus, professor, and president of Centre College, very nearly attended Ohio University instead, and only changed his mind "at the last moment"? Source: "When the time came for him to go to college, his trunk was packed with the expectation that he would accompany another youth of the neighborhood to the University of Ohio at Athens; but at the last moment, and by the merest chance, as we say, his destination was changed and he came to Danville."
- ALT1: ... that Ormond Beatty (pictured) was the first Centre College president who was not a minister? Source: Weston 2019: "Thus it came about that in 1870 Ormond Beatty became the first president of Centre College who was not a minister."
- ALT2: ... that Ormond Beatty (pictured), then a professor and later president of Centre College, was the Smithsonian climate observer for Boyle County, Kentucky, for part of the Civil War? Source: "The Smithsonian climate observer in Danville in Boyle County was Ormond Beatty, the Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at Centre College"
- ALT3: ... that the Centre College board of trustees required Ormond Beatty (pictured) to lecture for only one hour per day after he resigned as president, in order to retain him as part of the faculty? Source: "Beatty returned to the classroom as the new Professor of Metaphysics. The Board was so anxious to retain Beatty that he was only required to serve an hour a day lecturing."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/David Wheeler (Alabama politician)

Created by PCN02WPS (talk). Self-nominated at 21:42, 11 March 2022 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Eligibility looks good - long enough and hooks are sourced. I think Alt1 is most hooky, but any would work. Ganesha811 (talk) 20:38, 27 March 2022 (UTC)