Talk:London Charterhouse

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[edit] Too much Levett? Eee!

I like the extra work that has been done on medicine here:

Charterhouse early established a reputation for excellence in hospital care and treatment, thanks in part to Henry Levett, M.D., an Oxford graduate who joined the school as physician in 1712. Levett was widely esteemed for his medical writings, including an early tract on the treatment of smallpox. He also rebuilt at his own expense the school's physician's home. Levett was buried in Charterhouse Chapel at the foot of the altar with an inscription in Latin and his coat-of-arms over the tomb.[2] (Levett was the son of William Levett of Swindon, Wiltshire, who was groom of the bedchamber to King Charles I.)[3] Levett's widow remarried Andrew Tooke, the master of Charterhouse.

However, I cannot help but think that there is too much detail here about Levett, not all of which is really about the Charterhouse. All of this material is also covered just one click away at Henry Levett. As a minimum I wonder whether we should not omit the sentence in parentheses, and perhaps the last sentence, about the widow. A more drastic edit might be to stop this paragraph after "1712" since again you can read all about Henry in his own article.

I know these "what should be where and how much duplication is good?" things can be tricky so I am not making any radical edits right now, but I would be very interested to hear the views of others. Thanks. 138.37.199.206 (talk) 16:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I think you're right. Now that the Henry has his own page, I'll take some of the Levett stuff here and move it over to Henry, and then his part of Charterhouse can be edited down. (May be a couple of days before I can get to it.) Thanks for the wise suggestion. Regards,MarmadukePercy (talk) 21:59, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll look forward to seeing the next edit. Cheers, 138.37.199.206 (talk) 08:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)