Talk:William Cowper

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[edit] Date of birth

There have been three different dates of birth assigned to Cowpers thus far in this article's history:

• 26 November — original, from 203.35.82.3 (talk · contribs)
• 15 November — from RickK
• 20 November — from MollyTheCat

None of these editors cited their sources, but the supplied 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica link provides the following:

COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800), English poet, was born in the rectory (now rebuilt) of Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, on the 26th of November (O.S. x5th) [sic] 1731…

Assuming the "x5th" is an uncorrected scan error for "15th", this suggests that the date is 15 November Old Style (Julian) and 26 November New Style (Gregorian). I don't know where the 20th came from. I've updated the article to reflect the 2 sourced dates. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 10:23, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

The 15th is correct, I checked it in the DNB76.208.20.54 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)