Template:Infobox Scientist/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox Scientist (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

An Infobox Scientist may be used to summarize information about a person who is a scientist, an engineer, or a mathematician.

Contents

[edit] Usage

This infobox may be added by copy-pasting the template as shown below into an article.

{{Infobox Scientist
|box_width         = 
|name              = 
|image             =   <!--(filename only)-->
|image_size        = 
|caption           = 
|birth_date        = 
|birth_place       = 
|death_date        = 
|death_place       = 
|residence         = 
|citizenship       = 
|nationality       = 
|ethnicity         = 
|fields            = 
|workplaces        = 
|alma_mater        = 
|doctoral_advisor  = 
|academic_advisors = 
|doctoral_students = 
|notable_students  = 
|known_for         = 
|author_abbrev_bot = 
|author_abbrev_zoo = 
|influences        = 
|influenced        = 
|awards            = 
|religion          =
|signature         =  <!--(filename only)-->
|footnotes         = 
}}

[edit] Parameters

Any/all parameters optional. (If no name provided, the infobox defaults to the article's name.)

Parameter Explanation
box_width Use to set infobox's width (defaults to 26em).
name Insert name of scientist, mathematician or engineer. Note: Do not add icons or other images.
image Filename of appropriate image.
image_size Image's width (defaults to 225x250px).
caption Image caption. If known, include date the image made and/or creator.
birth_date Scientist's date of birth.
birth_place Place of birth (e.g. town/city, region, country).
death_date Date of death.
death_place Place of death (e.g. town/city, region, country).
residence Place or places where the scientist lived (for significant periods).
citizenship Scientist's citizenship.
nationality Use if nationality not the same as citizenship above.
ethnicity Use only if significant in scientist's career.
fields Scientist's major field or fields of study (physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, engineering, etc.)
workplaces Key work places, universities, companies, etc.
alma_mater University or universities where scientist obtained their degree or degrees.
doctoral_advisor Name of scientist's doctoral advisor, if applicable.
academic_advisors Names of any significant educational advisors (other than doctoral advisor).
doctoral_students Names of any notable doctoral students advised by the scientist.
notable_students Names of any notable non-doctoral students advised by the scientist.
known_for Key topics/areas of study in which the scientist notable.
author_abbrev_bot If scientist the author of a botanical species, insert their botanical author abbreviation here.
author_abbrev_zoo If scientist the author of a zoological species, insert their zoological author abbreviation here.
influences Any notable scientists who influenced the scientist significantly.
influenced Any notable scientists significantly influenced by the scientist.
awards Notable awards/prizes received by the scientist.
religion Religious beliefs.
signature Filename of an image of the scientist's signature (if available).
footnotes For any footnotes needed to clarify entries above.

[edit] Example

Paul Dirac

Born August 8, 1902(1902-08-08)
Bristol, England
Died October 20, 1984 (aged 82)
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Residence United Kingdom
United States
Nationality United Kingdom
Fields Physics (theoretical)
Institutions Cambridge University
Florida State University
Alma mater University of Bristol
Cambridge University
Doctoral advisor Ralph Fowler
Doctoral students Homi Bhabha
Harish Chandra Mehrotra
Dennis Sciama
Behram Kurşunoğlu
John Polkinghorne
Per-Olov Löwdin
Known for seminal contributions to
quantum mechanics
Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1933) 
{{Infobox Scientist
|name        = Paul Dirac
|image       = Dirac.gif
|image_size = 140px
|caption     = <!--(not needed as image is straightforward portrait)-->
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1902|8|8|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [[Bristol]], [[England]]
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1984|10|20|1902|8|8}}
|death_place = [[Tallahassee]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]
|residence   = [[United Kingdom]]<br/>[[United States]]
|nationality = [[United Kingdom]]
|fields      = [[Physics]] ([[Theoretical physics|theoretical]])
|workplaces  = [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]<br/>[[Florida State University]]
|alma_mater  = [[University of Bristol]]<br/>[[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]
|doctoral_advisor  = [[Ralph Fowler]]
|doctoral_students = [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha]]<br/>[[Harish-Chandra|Harish Chandra Mehrotra]]<br/>[[Denis Sciama|Dennis Sciama]]<br/>[[Behram Kurşunoğlu]]<br/>[[John Polkinghorne]]<br/>[[Per-Olov Löwdin]]<!--<br/>[[Christie Eliezer]]--><!--<br/>[[A. Lees]]-->
|known_for   = seminal contributions to<br/>[[quantum mechanics]]
|awards      = [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (1933)
|footnotes   = 
}}

[edit] Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Date-of-birth ("bday") parameters will only be included in the microformat if {{Birth date}} or {{Birth date and age}} are used in the infobox.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • bday
  • county-name
  • fn (required)
  • honorific-prefix
  • honorific-suffix
  • label
  • locality
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • role
  • vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes.