Template:Did you know nominations/E. W. Middlemast

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:30, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

E. W. Middlemast

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... that E. W. Middlemast, Principal of the Presidency College, Madras in 1915, wrote a letter of recommendation for mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan for the position of a clerk at the Madras Port Trust?

Created/expanded by Fowler&fowler (talk), Ravichandar84 (talk). Nominated by Ravichandar84 (talk) at 06:48, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Article review
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There's one citation needed tag. Only concern. HurricaneFan 25 18:05, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

I've removed the sentence as there also appeared to be peacock terms in it.-The Enforcer_{Office of the secret service} 03:31, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Hook is rather long. Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:23, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that E. W. Middlemast said of the mathematical genius Ramanujan: "Though he has had no experience of statistical work, I am confident that he can pick up the details in a very short time."
—SMALL JIM 13:36, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Technically short enough, but this may be better: ALT2 ... that E. W. Middlemast was the tenth Wrangler of mathematics? Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:08, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
ALT2 ... that E. W. Middlemast wrote a letter recommending a job for Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?-The Enforcer_{My Tea Kadai} 04:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)