A fact from Richard Atwood Glass appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Latest comment: 14 years ago5 comments3 people in discussion
I'm not sure the source stating he was knighted is correct, I can't find anything in the London Gazette to substantiate it, and even the entries relating to his death and estate don't describe him as sir. See:
I cheated I looked up the rough date of the award in the ODNB then just searched for Glass rather then the full name in the relevant year of the LG! but you were right not the best quality or scanned page. MilborneOne (talk) 18:30, 16 August 2010 (UTC)Reply