Talk:Ralph Erskine (historian)

Requested move 29 May 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved to Ralph Erskine (historian). (closed by non-admin page mover) Elli (talk | contribs) 04:05, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

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Ralph Erskine (cryptologist) → Ralph Erskine (Lawyer and Historian) – Ralph Erskine was not a cryptologist which is someone actively involved in the making or breaking of codes and ciphers. He was a Northern Ireland government lawyer and specialist historian on the work of the British wartime codebreakers at Bletchley Park Mickwsmith (talk) 19:08, 29 May 2021 (UTC) —Relisting. Elli (talk | contribs) 18:58, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

• Support "Ralph Erskine (historian)" per WP:CONCISE. The Daily Telegraph obituary suggests he is best known for his work as a scholar rather than as a government lawyer (at least the title and subtitle does - I could not read the full article due to the paywall). Rublov (talk) 18:38, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
• Move to Ralph Erskine (barrister). He was a career government lawyer and was appointed Companion of the Bath for his long services as such.[1] We use the specific type of lawyer as disambiguator for British lawyers. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:07, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
• Move to Ralph Erskine (historian), since the article says "His groundbreaking legislative work was subsequently overshadowed by his work on the British codebreaking operations." Thus he appears to be more well known as a historian than as a barrister. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:17, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

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