Drylnn
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Traveler, book stockpiler, enjoyer of a good board game, martial artist, finance worker. Thinker of not-so-deep thoughts. Kungaloosh!
Also bought a new set of World Book Encyclopedias, so chronicling an entry a day to highlight all the good work.
Also bought a new set of World Book Encyclopedias, so chronicling an entry a day to highlight all the good work.
The videos are definitely rolled, as this one showed a creation date of 14 years ago....
This article had one of the listings of contributors at the beginning so no guesswork here.
This article had one of the listings of contributors at the beginning so no guesswork here.
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The videos are definitely rolled, as this one showed a creation date of 14 years ago....
This article had one of the listings of contributors at the beginning so no guesswork here.
This article had one of the listings of contributors at the beginning so no guesswork here.
The contributor for this one is John Hamilton and I wasn't left with much to check on him. I presume he is the professor of mythology at Harvard with the same name, but there were other feasible candidates.
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The contributor for this one is John Hamilton and I wasn't left with much to check on him. I presume he is the professor of mythology at Harvard with the same name, but there were other feasible candidates.
The entry contributor is John Edwin Coffman. I couldn't find a lot of information on him that is certain - he wrote some books, but there seem to have been multiple people with that name, so narrowing down his background was not so straightforward.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The entry contributor is John Edwin Coffman. I couldn't find a lot of information on him that is certain - he wrote some books, but there seem to have been multiple people with that name, so narrowing down his background was not so straightforward.
Euraque.... Stupid typo
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Euraque.... Stupid typo
The entry contributor for this one is Dario Enraque, a historian at Trinity College in Hartford CT.
www.trincoll.edu/history/blog...
www.trincoll.edu/history/blog...
History at Work! A Conversation with Professor Darío Euraque
Quin: Could you share a little bit about yourself? Professor Euraque: I was born in Honduras, in 1959; migrated with my parents to New Orleans in 1967; learned English there, and completed secondary...
www.trincoll.edu
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The entry contributor for this one is Dario Enraque, a historian at Trinity College in Hartford CT.
www.trincoll.edu/history/blog...
www.trincoll.edu/history/blog...
More random pics. The article had the noted contributor at the beginning - Robert Coutts, the manager of the Heritage Presentation for Parks Canada (Western and Northern Center). I will say, all the information on the parks in this one made me more likely to visit.
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
More random pics. The article had the noted contributor at the beginning - Robert Coutts, the manager of the Heritage Presentation for Parks Canada (Western and Northern Center). I will say, all the information on the parks in this one made me more likely to visit.
The entry was written by Gregory J.W. Urwin, a professor of military history at Temple University. He has a good number of written books and apparently also wrote entries for Encyclopedia Britannica back in the day. I need to find the last Brittanica to see how much reuse there was....
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The entry was written by Gregory J.W. Urwin, a professor of military history at Temple University. He has a good number of written books and apparently also wrote entries for Encyclopedia Britannica back in the day. I need to find the last Brittanica to see how much reuse there was....
This entry was written by Laurel Rasplica Rodd, a professor of Japanese literature now at the University of Colorado. She has several books including a few Japanese translations.
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This entry was written by Laurel Rasplica Rodd, a professor of Japanese literature now at the University of Colorado. She has several books including a few Japanese translations.
Today's author is Fatima Muge Gocek, a professor of Turkish sociology. Apparently she wrote a book on the persecution of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire/Turkey which won her an award and earned the book a number of kudos. It's these little nuggets of unknown info. that I enjoy from these entries.
October 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Today's author is Fatima Muge Gocek, a professor of Turkish sociology. Apparently she wrote a book on the persecution of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire/Turkey which won her an award and earned the book a number of kudos. It's these little nuggets of unknown info. that I enjoy from these entries.
Today's entry author was Daniel Politoske, who was apparently a music professor at the University of Kansas. He died in 2022. He also seems to have written a music textbook that seems very familiar to me - probably from elementary or middle school if I had to guess.
October 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Today's entry author was Daniel Politoske, who was apparently a music professor at the University of Kansas. He died in 2022. He also seems to have written a music textbook that seems very familiar to me - probably from elementary or middle school if I had to guess.
Today's entry author is Nicholas C Crawford. I found several possible candidates for who this gentleman is, but my leading theory is he is the professor emeritus at Western Kentucky University in geoscience. He may have founded his own hydrology lab as well, with his former students.
October 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Today's entry author is Nicholas C Crawford. I found several possible candidates for who this gentleman is, but my leading theory is he is the professor emeritus at Western Kentucky University in geoscience. He may have founded his own hydrology lab as well, with his former students.