Talk:Mercadier

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According to the Oxford Biographical Dictionary, Mercadier's real name was Matthew Strickland. This is the only reference I can find to this anywhere though and, given that the current article claims he was French, I'm loathe to add this 'fact' in. Anone know for sure? StuartDouglas 09:10, 2 April 2007 (UTC)