Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Scholars/Chris troutman
Chris troutman
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Chris troutman (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside in 2014-15, focusing on biographies of historically significant scientists and academics.
- Highlights
- Chris created 20 new biographies of prominent scientists and academics and created or improved a total of 25 articles.
- 21 of the 25 articles Chris worked on appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did You Know?" section. For example, did you know...
- "... that the engineering professor Morrough Parker O'Brien is considered the founder of modern coastal engineering?"
- "... that Harry Scott Smith coined the term 'biological control' in 1919?"
- Media
- Wikipedia’s Visiting Scholar: Chris Troutman - UCR Libraries News and Events (27 May 2015)
- What happens when you give a Wikipedia editor a research library? - Wikimedia Foundation blog (17 March 2015)