Talk:Lewis Fry Richardson

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He was born in 1881 and entered school in 1823 ??? -- Titus

Contents 1 introduction 2 Ralph Richardson - ? relation 3 Richardson's publications 4 Father-in-Law 5 Richardson effect

[edit] introduction

I think the introduction should not include into what kind of family he was born. That is for the biographical part of the article. It should instead include what are Fry Richardson's contributions that make him notable. The introduction should address the question as to why is he included in wikipedia. Ben ^T/_C 13:49, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ralph Richardson - ? relation

I have added a fact tag to "He was the uncle of the actor Sir Ralph Richardson". but don't think it is relevant anyway. Perhaps someone could do an article n the Richardson Family for that bit of information, if it is relably sourced. Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 23:01, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richardson's publications

I serendipped on

Quantitative psychology and studies of conflict / edited by Oliver M. Ashford...[et al.]. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xv, 762 p. : port. ; 26 cm..- (Collected papers of Lewis Fry Richardson ; vol. 2)

in the catalogue of Friends House Library. Would the article be improved by a listing of his publications? Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 23:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm a great believer in including good bibliographies in articles, and that this should be one of the FIRST jobs to do when building an article - after all, you can't write an article without any sources! For example, I did this for Noel-Baker, an article I hope eventually to take to FA status. So yes, definitely have a "works" or "bibliography" section, which IMO should use citation templates throughout. In LFR's case, there are too many scientific papers to include them all, but the list should certainly include all his books, and the more significant of his scientific papers. (I received the Ashford and Körner books in the post this morning, but it'll take me a while to read and digest them.)

--NSH001 (talk) 13:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Father-in-Law

"William Garnett (1850-1932) was the first Principal of Durham College of Science, which became the University, from 1884 to 1893". Could he also have been an influence? Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 13:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

From a quick skim through Ashford and the ODNB article, WG was a good friend of the family, but I don't think that's necessarily an "influence" in the sense implied by the scientist infobox. May become clearer once I've read the books.

--NSH001 (talk) 13:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Richardson effect

Googling around, I discover that there is more than one scientific observation called "The Richardson Effect". Perhaps the REDIRECT might be extended to disambiguate them Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 23:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)