Template:Did you know nominations/Redcliffe N. Salaman

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 03:12, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Redcliffe N. Salaman

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... that Redcliffe N. Salaman was the first person to identify genetic resistance to late blight in wild potatoes?

Comment: I'm still working on this and there might be a better hook based on him originally being a doctor and only starting with potatoes after catching TB, but I can't think of the wording right now. SmartSE (talk) 22:38, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Created by Smartse (talk). Self nominated at 22:38, 8 April 2014 (UTC).

This interesting article is new enough and long enough. It is curious that the mother's and father's surnames are spelt differently but I see these spellings are used in the source. No policy issues observed. The citation for the hook statement is unavailable to me and is accepted in good faith. You are not a regular DYK participator and I'm not sure if you have 5 or more DYKs to your name and so need to do a QPQ review. If you do, you can have one of my spare reviews such as this one in lieu. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:58, 15 April 2014 (UTC)